radio baghdadde Patti Smith e Oliver RaySuffer notYour neighbor's afflictionSuffer notYour neighbor's paralysisBut extend your handExtend your handLest you vanish in the cityAnd be but a traceJust a vanished ghostAnd your legacyAll the things you knewScience, mathematics, thoughtSeverely weakenedLike irrigation systemsIn the tired veins formingFrom the Tigris and EuphratesIn the realm of peaceAll the world revolvedAll the world revolvedAround a perfect circleCity of BaghdadCity of scholarsEmpirical humbleCenter of the worldCity in ashesCity of BaghdadCity of BaghdadAbrasive aloofOh, in MesopotamiaAloofness ran deepDeep in the veins ofthe great riversThat form the baseOf EdenAnd the treeThe tree of knowledgeHeld up its armsTo the skyAll the branches of knowledgeAll the branches of knowledgeCradlingCradlingCivilizationIn the realm of peaceAll the world revolvedAround a perfect circleOh BaghdadCenter of the worldCity of ashesWith its great mosquesErupting from the mouth of godRising from the ashes likea speckled birdSplayed against the mosaic skyOh, clouds aroundWe created the zeroBut we mean nothing to youYou would believeThat we are just some mystical taleWe are just a swollen bellyThat gave birth to Sinbad, ScheherazadeWe gave birthOh, oh, to the zeroThe perfect numberWe invented the zeroAnd we mean nothing to youOur children run throughthe streetsAnd you sent your flamesYour shooting starsShock and aweShock and aweLike some, someImagined warrior productionTwenty-first centuryNo chivalry involvedNo BushidoOh, the code of the WestLong goneNever beenWhere does it lie?You came, you cameThrough the westAnnihilated a peopleAnd you come to usBut we are older than youYou come you wannaYou wanna come androb the cradleOf civilizationAnd you read yet you readYou read GenesisYou read of the treeYou read of the treeBeget by godThat raised its branches into the skyEvery branch of knowledgeOf the cradle of civilizationOf the banks of the Tigrisand the EuphratesOh, in MesopotamiaAloofness ran deepThe face of Eve turningWhat sky did she seeWhat garden beneath her feetThe one you drillYou drillPulling the blood of the earthLittle droplets of oil for braceletsLittle jewelsSapphiresYou make braceletsRound your own worldWe are weeping tearsRubiesWe offer them to youWe are justYour Arabian nightmareWe invented the zeroBut we mean nothing to youYour Arabian nightmareCity of starsCity of scholarshipScienceCity of ideasCity of lightCityCity of ashesThat the great CaliphWalked throughHis naked feet formed a circleAnd they built a cityA perfect city of BaghdadIn the realm of peaceAnd all the world revolvedAnd they inventedAnd they mean nothing to youNothing to youNothingGo to sleepGo to sleep my childGo to sleepAnd I'll sing you a lullabyA lullaby for our cityA lullaby of BaghdadGo to sleepSleep my childSleepSleepSleepRunRunRunRunYou sent your lightsYour bombsYou sent them down on our cityShock and aweLike some crazy t.v. showThey're robbing the cradleof civilizationThey're robbing the cradleof civilizationThey're robbing the cradleof civilizationSuffer notThe paralysis of your neighborSuffer notBut extend your hand
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radio baghdadde Patti Smith e Oliver RaySuffer notYour neighbor's afflictionSuffer notYour neighbor's paralysisBut extend your handExtend your handLest you vanish in the cityAnd be but a traceJust a vanished ghostAnd your legacyAll the things you knewScience, mathematics, thoughtSeverely weakenedLike irrigation systemsIn the tired veins formingFrom the Tigris and EuphratesIn the realm of peaceAll the world revolvedAll the world revolvedAround a perfect circleCity of BaghdadCity of scholarsEmpirical humbleCenter of the worldCity in ashesCity of BaghdadCity of BaghdadAbrasive aloofOh, in MesopotamiaAloofness ran deepDeep in the veins ofthe great riversThat form the baseOf EdenAnd the treeThe tree of knowledgeHeld up its armsTo the skyAll the branches of knowledgeAll the branches of knowledgeCradlingCradlingCivilizationIn the realm of peaceAll the world revolvedAround a perfect circleOh BaghdadCenter of the worldCity of ashesWith its great mosquesErupting from the mouth of godRising from the ashes likea speckled birdSplayed against the mosaic skyOh, clouds aroundWe created the zeroBut we mean nothing to youYou would believeThat we are just some mystical taleWe are just a swollen bellyThat gave birth to Sinbad, ScheherazadeWe gave birthOh, oh, to the zeroThe perfect numberWe invented the zeroAnd we mean nothing to youOur children run throughthe streetsAnd you sent your flamesYour shooting starsShock and aweShock and aweLike some, someImagined warrior productionTwenty-first centuryNo chivalry involvedNo BushidoOh, the code of the WestLong goneNever beenWhere does it lie?You came, you cameThrough the westAnnihilated a peopleAnd you come to usBut we are older than youYou come you wannaYou wanna come androb the cradleOf civilizationAnd you read yet you readYou read GenesisYou read of the treeYou read of the treeBeget by godThat raised its branches into the skyEvery branch of knowledgeOf the cradle of civilizationOf the banks of the Tigrisand the EuphratesOh, in MesopotamiaAloofness ran deepThe face of Eve turningWhat sky did she seeWhat garden beneath her feetThe one you drillYou drillPulling the blood of the earthLittle droplets of oil for braceletsLittle jewelsSapphiresYou make braceletsRound your own worldWe are weeping tearsRubiesWe offer them to youWe are justYour Arabian nightmareWe invented the zeroBut we mean nothing to youYour Arabian nightmareCity of starsCity of scholarshipScienceCity of ideasCity of lightCityCity of ashesThat the great CaliphWalked throughHis naked feet formed a circleAnd they built a cityA perfect city of BaghdadIn the realm of peaceAnd all the world revolvedAnd they inventedAnd they mean nothing to youNothing to youNothingGo to sleepGo to sleep my childGo to sleepAnd I'll sing you a lullabyA lullaby for our cityA lullaby of BaghdadGo to sleepSleep my childSleepSleepSleepRunRunRunRunYou sent your lightsYour bombsYou sent them down on our cityShock and aweLike some crazy t.v. showThey're robbing the cradleof civilizationThey're robbing the cradleof civilizationThey're robbing the cradleof civilizationSuffer notThe paralysis of your neighborSuffer notBut extend your hand