said the bishop to the priest?
I have spent my whole life waiting,
Now you say Jerusalem has
The King of heathen Saracen
has seized the Holy Cross.
Then the priests said, O my bishop,
we must put them to the sword,
For the noble men and sinners
and knights of ready hand,
Who will be the Lord's crusaders
and word to all the land.
said the king upon his throne
But speak to me in whispers,
They tell me that Jerusalem has
who has seized the Holy Land.
Then the Chamberlain said, Lord,
we must call upon our foes
in Spain and France and Germany
All Christian men must be as one
and gather for the fight.
You will be their leader.
High on a hill in the town of Jerusalem
Whoring and drinking and snoring
and sinking around in his army bay
A messenger came, blood on his feet
Christians are coming, he said,
I have seen their cross in the west
In a rage, Saladin struck
And he said, I know that this man lies
the Christians could never unite
I am invincible, I am the king
I have been delivered and I will win
the army of Richard the Lionheart
Marching by day and night,
with soldiers from every part.
and prayed for her release.
They started the battle at dawn,
taking the city by storm.
They broke through the city walls
And the Christian song was strong
when he heard their victory song
We are invincible and we will win
I've my whole life searching
Though centuries have disappeared,
of those enemies together
Could it be that way again?
Then the fool said, oh you wise man,
With your talk of vast persuasion
and searching through the past
There is only greed and evil
in the men who fight today
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