Concrete jungle
Nighttime streets
Looking over your shoulder
Better be discreet
Beware of the shadows
Looks can kill
On every corner
They're selling ten-cent thrills

You're not the first one
To see the sign
It's right on the front page
Between the lines
Who can you turn to
No escape
Living in Babylon you fall from grace

I've taken all I can take
It's all one big mistake
Maybe I'll run for president and change the world
But that's not the way to go
Cause you and I both know
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down

Little babies cry
Born in a bad time
Lost in the middle
Who's gonna show them the way
Everybody's looking in
The wrong direction
Chemical dependency won't erase your pain
And the boy in the streets
He's one of a million
Packing automatics
That's what he needs to survive
But he can't even read
Teacher's not teaching
No education, future looks dark as the night

I've taken all I can take
It's all one big mistake
Maybe I'll run for president and change the world
But that's not the way to go
Cause you and I both know
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down

Rockabye baby in the treetop
Oooh when the wind blows the cradle will rock
Rockabye baby in the treetop
Oooh when the wind blows the cradle will rock

I've taken all I can take
It's all one big mistake
Maybe I'll run for president and change the world
But that's not the way to go
Cause you and I both know
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down
Babylon is falling down
We're living in Babylon
Babylon is falling down