Crime Lyrics

by Anti-nowhere League

Brother to brother


Man to man

Nation to nation

We enter the age of...

Crime

I see the shadows of the rising sun


I stand aside as the deed is done

And

I have wandered through the darkest nights

To see the coming of the

Israelites


And

I have walked across the waters

To hear the voices of the battle song

And

I have coveted the daughters


Of the women of

Babylon

And

I have seen them fall

Without emotion


And

I have tasted wealth

God knows it's a crime

I see religion cut a land in two

I turned away as the violence grew


I saw a man reach for the stars

As hunger raged down in

Africa

And

I have walked across the waters


To hear the voices of the battle song

And

I have coveted the daughters

Of the women of

Babylon


And

I have seen them fall

Without emotion

And

I have tasted wealth


God knows it's a crime

It's a crime

It's a crime

It's a crime

I am the soldier of a hundred shores


I bear the scars of a thousand wars

I was the child who cried alone

I am the seed that you have sown

And

I have walked across the waters


To hear the voices of the battle song

And

I have coveted the daughters

Of the women of

Babylon


And

I have seen them fall

Without emotion

And

I have heard the call


Without devotion

And

I have tasted wealth

God knows it's a crime

It's a crime


It's a crime

It's a crime

It's a crime

It's a crime

It's a crime


The

Perfect

Crime

About this song

The Scene of the Crime is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Bettye LaVette, released in the United States on September 25, 2007 on the label ANTI-.

It is a collaboration with Drive-By Truckers as backing band, Spooner Oldham on piano, and other studio musicians.

The album debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

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