By the rivers of Babylon   There we sat down   Ye-eah, we wept   When we remembered Zion      By the rivers of Babylon   There we sat down   Ye-eah, 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      When the wicked carried us away in captivity   Requiring of us a song   Now how shall we sing the Lord's song   In a strange land      Let the words of our mouth   And the meditation of our heart   Be acceptable in thy sight   Here tonight      Let the words of our mouth   And the meditation of our hearts   Be acceptable in thy sight   Here tonight      By the rivers of Babylon   There we sat down   Ye-eah, we wept   When we remembered Zion      By the rivers of Babylon   There we sat down   Ye-eah, we wept   When we remembered Zion      By the rivers of Babylon   (Dark tears of Babylon)   There we sat down   (You got to sing a song)   Ye-eah we wept   (Sing a song of love)   When we remembered Zion   (Yeah yeah yeah)      By the rivers of Babylon   (Rough bits of Babylon)   There we sat down   (You hear the people cry)   Ye-eah, we wept   (They need that all)   When we remembered Zion   (Ooh, have the power)