Wooden Wand - Babylon the Great Lyrics

Well, they carried me away with the spirit into the wilderness
And before I could blink I looked back and saw everything was gone
And I saw a woman sitting on a silent beach surrounded by precious stones
And I longed for a spike just like that to lay my love upon

So we strode along, not quite in love but in something less frightening
And she was so wise (maybe the wisest that I ever saw)
She said “You got lucky: I'm a two beer queer, do you like that?”
I said “I got a dollar and some change, oh, you’re my monkey’s paw”

Oh, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots, Abomination of the Earth
How many things do you know for sure?

Soon I was discovered by others who sought to unveil me
But I had no faith and whatever those few of them saw
So I gleefully, willfully folded the blades into my chest
And I pointed my teeth to my heartI and proceeded to gnaw
Oh, and I had a dog, he was loyal, but he wasn't handsome
And he left like a song when his manners had led him astray
So I whistled an old one the stars and his name (hope he liked that!)
It was “Sunny Side Up” and you can call it what you want
But I’d never have called it that way

Oh, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots, Abomination of the Earth
How many things do you know for sure?