What do I do next? Said the Bishop to the Priest
I have spent my whole life waiting
Preparing for the Feast
And now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost
The King of heathen Saracen has seized the Holy Cross
The Priest said " Oh my Bishop
We must put them to the sword
For God in all His mercy will find a just reward
For the Noblemen and sinner
And Knights of ready hand
Who will be the Lord's Crusader
Send word through all the land
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Tell me what to do said the King upon his throne
But speak to me in whisper for we are not alone
The tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand
Of some bedeviled eastern heathen
Who has seized the Holy Land
Then the chamberlain said
Lord we must call upon our foes
In Spain and France and Germany
To end our bitter wars
All Christian men must be as one and gather for the fight
You will be their leader begin in the battle cry
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Ooh; high on a hill an the town of Jerusalem
There stood Saladin ; the king of the Saracens
Whoring and drinking and snoring and sinking
Around him his army lay
Secure in the knowledge that he had won that day
A messenger came
Blood on his feet and a wound in his chest
The Christians are coming;"he said I have seen their Cross in the west
In a rage Saladin struck him with his knife
And he said, " I know that this man lies
They quarrel too much the Christians could never unite
I am invincible, I am the King
I am invincible, and I will win...
Closer they came, the army of the Richard the Lionheart
Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every part
And when the crusaders came over the mountains
And they saw Jerusalem
They fell to their knees
And prayed for her release
They started the battle at dawn
Taking the city by storm
With horsemen and bowmen and engines of war
They broke through the city walls
The Heathen were flying and screaming and dying
And the Christians swords were strong
And Saladin ran when he heard their victory song
We are invincible, God is the King
We are invincible, andwe will win
What do I do now?" said the Wise man to the Fool
I have spent my whole life searching
To find the Golden Rule
Through centuries have disappeared
The memory still remains
Of those enemies together
Could it be that way again?
Then Fool said "oh you Wise men
You really make me laugh
With your talk of vast persuasion
And searching through the past
There is only green and evil
In the men who fight today
The song of the crusaders has long since gone away
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem."
