Yusuf / Cat Stevens - I Was Raised In Babylon

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[Verse 1]

  I was raised

 in Babylon

  Our priests 

taught us how 

to worship the

 sun


[Chorus]
             
  Wo! Where di

         
d we go wrong?
             
  They used to

              
 call us civil

             
ised – but tho

            
se days are go

ne


[Verse 2]

  I came to gu

ard the Pharao

h

  Bring him wi

ne and women


[Chorus]
             
  Oh Lord! Whe

          
re is he now?
             
  We used call

             
 him the highe

              
st – till the 

              
wave took him 

  
down


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[Verse 3]

  I was born i

n the Holy Lan

d

  They told me

 it was by God

's command


[Chorus]

             
  Wo!    Where

              
 are the other


s from?
             
  I thought th

              
at we were the

             
 chosen – I mu

             
st've been wro

ng


[Verse 4]

  I loved to m

arch with the 

Sultan

  And his diam

ond turban


[Chorus]
             
  Oh Lord! The

              
n the world to

   
ok hold
             
  Let go of th

              
e rope of God 

             
– for a handfu

       
l of gold


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[Verse 5]

  I used to se

rve the Empire

  On which the

 sun set, neve

r


[Chorus]
             
  Oh!     Now 

             
times have tur

ned
             
  We thought o

              
ur white skins

        
 would save us

 –
              
  Then we got 

  
burned