Marianne Faithfull

You saw the wise man salomon,
You know what came of him.
To him the world seemed clear as day,
He cursed the sad hour that he saw the sign,
He knew that everything was dust.
How great and wise was salomon!
Watch out the world is spinning fast
The night will fall, the price well pay
Such wisdoms not all its cracked up to be,
So let us praise such clarity.
You saw divine cleopatra,
You know what came of her.
Two emperors died to serve her lust,
She whored herself to death, yes she did,
And withered into lovely dust.
How beautiful great babylon.