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[Verse 1] Mr Kokoschka it just happened again (sad so sad) They struck the museum like a hurricane (sad so sad) All of our culture it’s dead and it’s gone (sad so sad) From Babylon baby back to Babylon (sad so sad) [Chorus] There’s stuff you find along the way and stuff you leave behind And it all ends up as stuff that you can buy On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon [Verse 2] In old Baghdad they’re dusting off the antiques (sad so sad) It’s the fourteenth Guernica we’ve had this week (sad so sad) I got twenty-five dollars for a Persian vase (sad so sad) Hold the critique I think I’ll go large (sad so sad) [Chorus] That stuff inside your houses and that stuff behind your eyes Well it all ends up as stuff that you can buy On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon [Verse 3] They’re building a tower out of wrappers and cans (sad so sad) Now we speak in a language that we all understand (sad so sad) T-t-t-t-toungue-tied and starry-eyed (sad so sad) It’s the ancient history of old school ties (sad so sad) [Chorus] There’s stuff dressed up as truth and then there’s stuff dressed up as lies And it all ends up as stuff that you can buy On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon On eBay from Babylon back to Babylon