Lyrics to
Tower Of Babel

This version of Tower Of Babel was released by Elton John in 1975.

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Snow, cement and ivory young towers
Someone called us Babylon
Those hungry hunters
Tracking down the hours
But where were all your shoulders when we cried
Were the darlings on the sideline
Dreaming up such cherished lies
To whisper in your ear before you die

It’s party time for the guys in the tower of Babel
Sodom meet Gomorrah, Cain meet Abel
Have a ball y’all
See the letches crawl
With the call girls under the table
Watch them dig their graves
`Cause Jesus don’t save the guys
In the tower of Babel

Watch them dig their graves
`Cause Jesus don’t save the guys
In the tower of Babel, no no no

Junk, angel, this closet’s always stacked
The dealers in the basement
Filling your prescription
For a brand new heart attack

But where were all your shoulders when we cried
Were the doctors in attendance
Saying how they felt so sick inside
Or was it just the scalpel blade that lied

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About Lyrics and Tower Of Babel by Elton John

When you decide to study the lyrics to Tower Of Babel, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Elton John. Some of the lyrics to Tower Of Babel have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Elton John and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Tower Of Babel if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Tower Of Babel" means the words set to the music of Tower Of Babel, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elton John. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Tower Of Babel and the lyrics to Tower Of Babel are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elton John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tower Of Babel, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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