How Many Miles To Babylon?
January 22nd, 2010
How many miles to Babylon? Four-score miles and ten.
Can I make it by candlelight? Yes, and back again.
Have you seen the snow so high? Have you watched the winter roll by?
Sky so blue, ground so plain, I’m somewhere in between.
I might say I’m leaving in May - don’t listen whatever I say.
Birds they die, river rolls on. I been dyin’ way too long (now)
How do you get to Babylon? - roll on around the bend.
Can I make it by candlelight? - yes, and back again.
How many miles to Babylon? - Four-score miles and ten.
Can I make it by satellite? - sure, and back again.
Can I make it by Cadillac? - yes and back again.
words and music by Ted Porter