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

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 sinner

And Knights of ready hand

Who will be the Lord's Crusader

Send word through 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 whisper for we are not alone

The tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand

Of some bedeviled 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 in the battle cry

Jerusalem is lost

Jerusalem is lost

Jerusalem is lost

Ooh; high on a hill an 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 he had won that 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 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...

Closer they came, the army of the Richard the Lionheart

Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every part

And when the crusaders came over the mountains

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 Heathen were flying and screaming and dying

And the Christians swords were strong

And Saladin ran when he heard their victory song

We are invincible, God is the King

We are invincible, andwe will win

What do I do now?" said the Wise man to the Fool

I have spent my whole life searching

To find the Golden Rule

Through centuries have disappeared

The memory still remains

Of those enemies together

Could it be that way again?

Then 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 green and evil

In the men who fight today

The song of the crusaders has long since gone away

Jerusalem is lost

Jerusalem is lost

Jerusalem is lost

Jerusalem."