Crusader

by Chris de Burgh


"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."

Then 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 sinners, and Knights of ready
hand
Who will be the Lord's Crusader, send word throughout
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 whispers for we are not alone,
They tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand
Of some bedevilled 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 the battle cry,

Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost"...

Ooh, high on a hill, in 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 they had won the 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 down 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..."

Close they came, the army of Richard the Lionheart,
Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every
part,
And when the Crusaders came over the mountain 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 Heathens were flying and screaming and dying,
And the Christian swords were strong,
And Saladin ran when he heard their victory song;

"We are invincible, God is the King,
We are invincible, and we will win!"

"What do I do now?" said the Wiseman to the Fool,
"I have spent my whole life waiting, to find the
Golden Rule,
Though centuries have disappeared, the memory still
remains
Of those enemies together, could it be that way
again?"

Then the 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 greed and evil in the men that fight
today,
The Song of the Crusader has long since gone away,

Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost...
Jerusalem."