BABYLON
BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON
To look into Mandela’s face is to see the face of:
Gandhi
Dali Lama
Gautama
Jesus
Yahweh
Pan
The peace joy suffering wild abandon wisdom innocence
A union of opposites a face of transcendence imprisonment
freedom enslavement Buoyant
He rises now above Robben where his sweat caused flowers to
grow & his tears the rivers he now sails upon
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By the rivers of Babylon (Rough bits of Babylon)
there we sat down (You hear the people cry)
ye-eah we wept, (They need their God)
when we remember Zion. (Ooh, have the power)
there we sat down (You hear the people cry)
ye-eah we wept, (They need their God)
when we remember Zion. (Ooh, have the power)
The Melodians 1970
Winter 2013 RIP Mandela
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