1) There’s smoke over the city, people fightin’ in the street
Soldiers on the battlefield cut down like winter wheat
I see the rags of torn up flags bloody at my feet
And we are runnin’ down the road to Babylon
Chorus
Runnin’ down the road, yeah we’re runnin’ down this road
Does anybody know what’s goin’ on?
Well the men up at the top are just like junkies who can’t stop
Runnin’ down the road to Babylon
2) Well, they say we’re fightin’ holy wars but that is just a lie
It’s black gold we’re after and a bigger piece of the pie
It’s not their children in harm’s way and it won’t be them to die
And we’re runnin’ down the road to Babylon Chorus
Bridge
Babylon in ruins is a monument to pride
To the big lies of the big men who swear they’re sanctified
To the priests and kings who pull the strings they try so hard to hide
3) In the name of god and country, there is terror in the air
Though it looks like self-destruction all we do is stare
It’s like a dream where you try to scream but nobody can hear
And we’re runnin’ down the road to Babylon Chorus
