By the waters of Babylon   We lay down and wept and   Wept for thee, Zion   We remember we remember we   Remember thee, Zion      A golden helmet blinded minds   Among ten thousand swords   Along the road to Babylon   A golden thunder silenced songs   Among ten thousand voices   On the road to Babylon      Well well well, beware that golden helmet   Well well well   There's no easy way to go   Well well well   No easy road to follow   Well well well ...      A golden ocean turned to fire   And burned ten thousand ships   Along the road to Babylon   Golden dreamer touched the sky   Alone in empty silence   On the road to Babylon      Well well well   Beware that golden thunder   Well well well   That dreamed and sang the song   Well well well   The empty sound of sorrow