Dream Theater Lyrics

Album: Cover Songs

Gates Of Babylon Lyrics

[Recorded live at the L'Amour, NY, 9/25/1986 with Chris Collins on vocals.]

 [Available on the "No Sleep Since Brooklyn/Instrumental III" CD. ]

 [These are the lyrics from the Rainbow version, it is hard to understand ]

 [much of what Chris Collins is actually singing. ]

 - Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow - from the album "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll")

 Look away from the sea

 I can take you anywhere

 Spend a vision with me

 A chase with the wind

 Move closer to me

 I can make you anyone

 I think you're ready to see

 The gates of Babylon

 The power of what has been before

 Rises to trap you within

 A magic carpet ride a genie maybe more

 A city of heavenly sin

 Sleep with the devil and then you must pay

 Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away

 Oh gates of Babylon

 You can see but you're blind

 Someone turned the sun around

 But you can see in your mind

 The gates of Babylon

 You're riding the endless caravan

 Bonded and sold as a slave

 A sabre dance removing all the veils

 Getting as good as you gave

 Sleep with the devil and then you must pay

 Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away

 Look away from the sea

 I can take you anywhere

 Spend a vision with me

 A chase with the wind

 Move closer to me

 I can make you anyone

 I think you're ready to see

 The gates of Babylon

 The power of what has been before

 Rises to trap you within

 A magic carpet ride a genie maybe more

 A city of heavenly sin

 Sleep with the devil and then you must pay

 Sleep with the devil and the devil will take you away

 Black gates of Babylon

 The devil is me

 And I'm holding the key

 To the gates of sweet hell

 Babylon