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Babylon

from SAN JUAN STREET by Shawn Nelson

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BABYLON

There were towers of sin
For the children of men
Who all spoke the same
But when the tongues did change
With the winds of no name
Swept it all away

Chorus
It’s a hard day in Babylon
It’s a hard day indeed
In the land between two rivers long
It’s hard day indeed

There were idols of love
And gardens that hung
From behind the gilded gates
But they were covered in blood
When they danced and they sung
In the mighty Persian reign

Babylon, you've bled for far too long
Dead and gone in Babylon

Now the tyrants of old
Who long for the gold
That lies beneath the land
And so here they come
With their banks and their guns
And an oil company man

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from SAN JUAN STREET, released October 25, 2011
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Written by Shawn Nelson
© 2011 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved.

Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals and Harmonica – Shawn Nelson; Electric Guitar – Scott Martin; Electric Mandolin – Fletcher Murchison; Will Dupuy – Bass; Patrick Herzfeld – Drums; Matt Slusher – Harmony Vocals
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Shawn Nelson Austin

Shawn Nelson is a songwriter, musician and singer based in Austin who has been performing and making records for over a decade. The Austin Chronicle named his 2011's San Juan Street "one of the best country albums of the year."
Shawn and the group of string band pickers have recorded a live studio album slated to be released in the Fall of 2016 marking Shawn's 9th independent release.
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