I headed west for the coast with the big city lights
Learn how to beg, steal, borrow and cheat
Earned my wage in the factories there
But those days before I met you girl
Now everyone is so kind
And I worked with my brothers there
Everyone looks like a long lost friend of mine
By the thumbs I have been under
Just ice cream falling down on the shoes of my world
When we're looking up from under Babylon
Now tell me how far I've been and how deep was I in
And I was raised by the mill
Must look more like myself
Now mama I'm so sorry I've forgotten
And tell me how I conceived the vanity to believe
And in the dead summer heat
I'm so happy that you're my friend
I'm on top of the world again
I fell asleep with blood on my teeth
That I would not be outnumbered
Well I had a home in the fields
When I'm looking up from under Babylon
I told my mother I'd always write
And now I'm looking up from under Babylon
Now stray dogs in the street
Well I thank Heavens I fell
