Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 minutes ago

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I could climb the walls of your tower
navigate the bramble and the swan
part your door and ask to beg your pardon
love me like they do in Babylon

you would take me in and give me shelter
draw the blinds against the coming dawn
as our garments fall helter skelter
teach me how they love in Babylon

I don't know what it means to be happy
I don't know what it is to be free
I've waited all my life to be happy
I've waited all my life to be free
maybe by your side I'd be happy
baby by my side you'd be free
maybe somewhere else we'd be happy
run away and marry me

after all your million-dollar staircase
reminds me of how lowly was I born
and I know that even in your embrace
I'll never have the love of Babylon

you would have to hide me from view
up to and through our denoument
I'm scared that no matter how much I love you
it can't replace the love of Babylon

don't know what it is to be happy
don't know what it is to be free
waited all my life to be happy
waited all my life to be free
maybe by your side I'd be happy
baby by my side you'd be free
maybe somewhere else we'd be happy
run away and marry me

I could fetch the water for our dinner
bring it back beyond the Parthenon
we'd rely on luck of new beginners
and forget how they love in Babylon

we could fill a home with children's laughter
build it up from twigs someplace so far gone
we could be happy ever after
if we love each other free of Babylon

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