The wind did how through the canyon's throat A preacher's cry on a sinner's note Shadows danced on the chapel's wall Where Babel's tower began to fall Smoke in the sky Whispers in the dust Voices of the damned and the ruins they trust Ghost riders in Babel Riding the flame Lost in the ruins Calling his name Ghost riders in Babel Shadows untamed The tongues of the broken They echo the same A rider's face pale as the Moon Eyes like coals burning too soon The ground it trembled, the stars they wept And the sins of the earth they never slept Chains in the wind Prayers turned to rust The choir sings low in the language of dust Ghost riders in Babel Riding the flame Lost in the ruins Calling his name Ghost riders in Babel Shadows untamed The tongues of the broken They echo the same Ghost riders in Babel Riding the flame Lost in the ruins Calling his name Ghost riders in Babel Shadows untamed The tongues of the broken They echo the same