Johnny Cash Belshazzar song lyrics

Well the Bible tells about a man

Who ruled Babylon and all it's land

Around the city he built a wall

And declared that Babylon would never fall

He had concubines and wives

He called his Babylon "Paradise"

Upon his throne he drank and ate

But for Belshazzer it was getting late

For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting

His kingdom was divided, couldn't stand

He was weighed in the balance and found wanting

His houses were built upon the sand

Well the people feast and drank their wine

And praised the false gods of his time

All holy things were scorned and mocked

Suddenly all their mocking stopped

On the wall there appeared a hand

Nothing else, there was no man

In blood the hand began to write

And Belshazzar couldn't hide his fright

For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting

His kingdom was divided, couldn't stand

He was weighed in the balance and found wanting

His houses were built upon the sand

Well no one around could understand

What was written by the mystic hand

Belshazzar tried but couldn't find

A man who could give him piece of mind

Daniel the prophet, a man of God

He saw the writing on the wall in blood

Belshazzar asked him what it said

And Daniel turned to the wall and read

"My friend you're weighed in the balance and found wanting

Your kingdom is divided, it can't stand

You are weighed in the balance and found wanting

Your houses are built upon the sand"