Music: B. Allman, C. Ingles Lyrics, Vocal Melodies: C.Cadden-James 



Downtown I walk

through New York City so hot 

The summer swelter melting 

Got things on my mind right now 

In the alleys that I take,

they just don't give up an inch 

I turned and saw it all 

I watched him fall 

I tried to catch him,

but they knocked me out cold too

"Babylon" he cried

The cost in flesh and blood is rising high



Things are falling apart, it all seems

Bleeding in the gutter 

The waste of random acts of violence 

Where's the Savior to rescue our dreams? 

Desperation's crawling 

We're victims of a world that's gone so wrong!



Hours later when I woke,

I was lying in some darkened basement rescue mission

They're tending to my needs and my wounds

They were such a sorry lot

The very bottom of the social ladder

I just caught myself before I cried

They've nothing at all,

but they're the only ones there to help

Eden's sin's alive 

Stalking me, stalking everyone



Things are falling apart, it all seems

Tears that speak in volumes

The eyes of all these hopeless people

Where's the Savior to rescue our dreams?

Desperation's crawling

on victims of a power-hungry world!