Bud Powell - Hallelujah lyrics

I walked down these city streets Just a lonely man inspired Hoping God would send the water down To quench this burning fire If I left here for the mountain A monastery man Things are still the same so I remain To show just who I am Seen things around me Bonnie and Clyde Graffiti with no message Doctors medicine and pride But it doesn't really matter They're blowin' in the wind On the cover of a magazine [Chorus:] Hallelujah Babylon is falling Babylon is falling Hallelujah Babylon is falling Babylon is falling I try to wash my dirty hands But they won't come off with water Hoping truth will make me clean and then Redeem my sons and daughters Though they're not we're very happy Vast along the nose That's why I left my memories far behind on nature's road Seems so simple, the future's the past The present are the things we holdin' on to make those last But it doesn't really matter [Chorus:]