By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down Yeah, yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down Yeah, yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion Then the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song Now how shall we sing the Lord song in a strange land? Then the wicked carried us away in captivity Requiring of us a song Now how shall we sing the Lord song in a strange land? Let the words of our mouth And the meditation of our heart Be acceptable in thy sight, here tonight Let the words of our mouth And the meditation of our heart Be acceptable in thy sight, here tonight By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down Yeah, yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down Yeah, yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion By the rivers of Babylon (dark tears of Babylon) There we sat down (you got to sing a song) Yeah, yeah, we wept (sing a song of love) When we remembered Zion (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) By the rivers of Babylon (rough bits of Babylon) There we sat down (you hear the people cry) Yeah, yeah, we wept (they need their God) When we remember Zion (who have the pow-)