By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remembered Zion

'Cause the wicked carried us away, captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song in a strange land?
'Cause the wicked carried us away, captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?

Sing it out loud
Sing a song of freedom, sister
Sing a song of freedom, brother, whoa

We gotta sing and shout it
We gotta jump and shout it, yeah
Shout the song of freedom now
Whoa, whoa, whoa

So let the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
So let the words of our mouth
And the meditation of our heart
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I

Sing it again
We've got to sing it together
We've got to shout it together
Ohh, na-na-na
Whoa, whoa, whoa

By the rivers of Babylon
Where we sat down
And there we wept
When we remembered Zion
Oh, the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song in a strange land?

'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song in a strange land?

Sing it, sing it, sing it
You've got to sing it, brother
We've got to sing it, sister

Copyright: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Brent Gayford Dowe, Frank Farian, George Reyam, James Agustus Mcnaughton