Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Road To Babylon (1976) (Remaster) [720p HD] video free download

[Video #18] from http://www.youtube.com/user/MetalGuruMessiah the address for MetalGuruMessiah's Musical Paint Box! Check out my other videos!

My 18th video in a series I'm working on for some of my favorite songs from the past.

"The Road To Babylon" was released on Manfred Mann's The Roaring Silence album in 1976. This was the first album by this group that I ever bought and I remember being amazed at how unique and different it sounded. This was a band with a sound all it's own and this album is a great example of that sound.

I really love each and every song on the album and would have enjoyed creating a video for any of them. However, The Road To Babylon is not only one of my favorites, but I also thought it a good song for a video about the whole middle east situation.

I dedicated this video to a friend of the family's who lost his life in Bagdad, Oscar Sauceda, Jr. and all the other brave men and women who sacrificed so that others might have a chance at freedom.

[LYRICS]

By the waters of Babylon

We lay down and wept and

Wept for these I am

We remember, we remember, we

Remember these I am

A golden helmet blinded minds

Among ten thousand swords

Along the road to Babylon

A golden thunder silenced songs

Among ten thousand voices

On the road to Babylon

Well, well, well, beware that golden helmet

Well, well, well

There's no easy way to go

Well, well, well

No easy road to follow

Well, well, well

A golden ocean turned to fire

And burned ten thousand ships

Along the road to Babylon

Golden dreamer touched the sky

Alone in empty silence

On the road to Babylon

Well, well, well

Beware that golden thunder

Well, well, well

That dreamed and sang the song

Well, well, well

The empty sound of sorrow