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By the rivers of babylon

where we sat down

yeah, we wept

when we remembered Zion

By the rivers of babylon

where we sat down

yeah, we wept

when we remembered Zion

When the wicked

carried us away in captivity

required from us a song

now how shall

we sing the Lord's song

in a strange land

Let the wicked

carry us away in captivity

requiring of us a song

now how shall

we sing the Lord's song

in a strange land

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, yeah

let the words of our mouths

and the meditation

of our heart

be acceptable in thy sight

here tonight

Let the words of our mouths

and the meditation

of our heart

be acceptable in thy sight

here tonight

By the rivers of babylon

where we sat down

yeah, we wept

when we remembered Zion

By the rivers of babylon

where we sat down

yeah, we wept

when we remembered Zion

Tears of babylon

you got to sing a song

sing a song of love

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, yeah

Rough bits of babylon

you hear the people cry

they need that power

Ooh, have the power