Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Belshazzar - Original, artist - Johnny Cash. Album song His Sun Years: Down South - CD1, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 13.04.2006
Record label: CHARLY
Song language: English
Belshazzar - Original |
Well the Bible tells us about a man |
Who ruled Babylon and all it’s land |
Around the city he built a wall |
And declared that Babylon would never fall |
He had concubines and wives |
He called his Babylon «Paradise» |
On his throne he drank and ate |
But for Belshazzer it was getting late |
For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting |
His kingdom was divided, couldn’t stand |
He was weighed in the balance and found wanting |
His houses were built upon the sand |
The people feast and drank their wine |
And praised the false gods of his time |
All holy things were scorned and mocked |
But suddenly all their mocking stopped |
For on the wall there appeared a hand |
Nothing else, there was no man |
And but, the hand began to write |
And Belshazzar couldn’t hide his fright |
For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting |
His kingdom was divided, couldn’t stand |
He was weighed in the balance and found wanting |
His houses were built upon the sand |
Well no one around could understand |
What was written by the mystic hand |
Belshazzar tried but couldn’t find |
A man who could give him piece of mind |
But Daniel the prophet, the man of God |
He saw the writing on the wall in blood |
Belshazzar asked him what it said |
And Daniel turned to the wall and read |
«My friend your weighed in the balance and found wanting |
Your kingdom was divided, it can’t stand |
Your weighed in the balance and found wanting |
Your houses were built upon the sand» |
Don’t call my name out your window, I’m leaving |
I won’t even turn my head |
Don’t send your kin folks to give me no talkin' |
I’ll be gone like I said |
You’d say the same old things that you’ve been saying all along |
Lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut 'til I’m gone |
Don’t give me that old familiar cryin' cussin' moan |
Understand your man (I'm tired of your badmouthin') |
Understand your man |
You can give my other suits to the Salvation Army |
And everything else I leave behind |
I ain’t takin' nothing that’ll slow down my travelin' |
While I’m untanglin' my mind |
I ain’t gonna repeat what I said anymore |
While I’m breathin' air that ain’t been breathed before |
I’ll be as gone as a wild goose in winter |
Then you’ll understand your man (meditate on it) |
Understand your man (you hear me talkin') |
Understand your man (remember what I told ya) |