[Intro]
By the rivers of Babylon
Oh, oh, oh
By the rivers of Babylon
Oh, oh, those Russians

By the rivers of Babylon
Freeze! I'm Ma Baker
Put your hands in the air, give me all your money
By the rivers of Babylon
Oh, oh, those Russians

[Verse 1 "Rivers of Babylon"]
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Yeah, we wept
When we remembered Zion

By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Yeah, we wept
When we remembеred Zion

When the wickеd
Carried us away in captivity
Requiring of us a song
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song
In a strange land?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
By the rivers of Babylon

[Verse 2 "Daddy Cool"]
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy Cool (Oh, oh, oh)
(By the rivers of-) Daddy, Daddy, Daddy Cool
She's crazy 'bout her daddy

She's crazy like a fool
Wild about Daddy Cool
I'm crazy like a fool
Wild about Daddy Cool

Daddy, Daddy Cool
Daddy, Daddy Cool
Daddy, Daddy Cool
Daddy, Daddy Cool
Daddy, Daddy Cool

[Verse 3 "Rasputin"]
Oh, those Russians

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes, a flaming glow
Most people look at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks, he was such a lovely dear

He could preach the Bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

[Verse 4 "Ma Baker"]
Freeze! I'm Ma Baker
Put your hands in the air, give me all your money!

She was the meanest cat in old Chicago town
She was the meanest cat, she really mowed them down
She had no heart at all — no, no, no heart at all

She was the meanest cat, oh, she was really tough
She left her husband flat, he wasn't tough enough
She took her boys along 'cause they were mean and strong
Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma
Ma Baker, she taught her four sons
Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma
Ma Baker, to handle their guns
Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma
Ma Baker, she never could cry
Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma
Ma Baker, but she knew how to die

Don't anybody move!
The money or your lives!

[Verse 5 "Gotta Go Home"]
Ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh

(Headin' for the islands)
We're ready, man, and packed to go
Ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh
(When we hit those islands)
There's gonna be a big hello
Ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh
Diggin' all the sunshine
It's easy not to say goodbye, bye, bye, bye

(Headin' for the islands)
Hey, yeah, we're really flyin' high
Ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh
Ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh

Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home