do next,
said the bishop to the priest?
I have spent my whole life waiting,
preparing for the feast.
Now you say Jerusalem has
fallen and is lost,
The King of heathen Saracen
has seized the Holy Cross.
Then the priests said, O my bishop,
we must put them to the sword,
For God in all his mercy
will find a just reward,
For the noble men and sinners
and knights of ready hand,
Who will be the Lord's crusaders
and word to all the land.
Tell me what to do,
said the king upon his throne
But speak to me in whispers,
for we are not alone
They tell me that Jerusalem has
fallen to the hand
of some bedeviled
Eastern heathen
who has seized the Holy Land.
Then the Chamberlain said, Lord,
we must call upon our foes
in Spain and France and Germany
to end our bitter wars.
All Christian men must be as one
and gather for the fight.
You will be their leader.
Begin the battle cry
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
High on a hill in the town of Jerusalem
There stood Saladin,
the king of the Saracens
Whoring and drinking and snoring
and sinking around in his army bay
Securing the knowledge
that he had won the day
A messenger came, blood on his feet
and a wound in his chest
Christians are coming, he said,
I have seen their cross in the west
In a rage, Saladin struck
him down with his knife
And he said, I know that this man lies
They quarreled too much,
the Christians could never unite
I am invincible, I am the king
I have been delivered and I will win
I will win
Closer they came,
the army of Richard the Lionheart
Marching by day and night,
with soldiers from every part.
And when the crusaders
came over the mountain
and they saw Jerusalem,
They fell to their knees
and prayed for her release.
They started the battle at dawn,
taking the city by storm.
With horsemen and bowmen
and engines of war
They broke through the city walls
The heathens were flying
and screaming and dy ing
And the Christian song was strong
And Satan didn't rant
when he heard their victory song
We are invincible
God is the King
We are invincible and we will win
What do I do now,
said the wise man
To the fool I have spent
I've my whole life searching
to find the golden rule
Though centuries have disappeared,
the memory still remains
of those enemies together
Could it be that way again?
Then the fool said, oh you wise man,
you really make me laugh
With your talk of vast persuasion
and searching through the past
There is only greed and evil
in the men who fight today
The song of the crusader
has long since gone away
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem was lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is the song
Jerusalem is the song
Jerusalem is the song
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