Belshazzar-Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash/The Carter Sisters

[ti:Belshazzar] [ar:Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash] [al:Setlist: The Very Best Of Johnny Cash LIVE] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Belshazzar - Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash/The Carter Sisters [00:30.07]Well the bible tells us about a man [00:32.04] [00:32.80]Who ruled Babylon and all It's land [00:35.12]Around the city he built a wall [00:37.11]And declared that Babylon would never fall [00:38.96] [00:39.69]He had concubines and wives [00:41.32] [00:41.89]He called his Babylon "Paradise" [00:43.50] [00:44.20]On his throne he drank and ate [00:46.41]But for Belshazzar it was gettin' late [00:48.49] [00:49.86]For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting [00:53.55] [00:54.73]His kingdom was divided couldn't stand [00:58.65] [00:59.35]He was weighed in the balance and found wanting [01:02.38] [01:03.86]His houses were built upon the sand [01:06.75] [01:08.47]Well the people feasted and drank their wine [01:11.22]And praised the false gods of his time [01:13.48]All holy things they scorned and mocked [01:15.59]But suddenly all their mocking stopped [01:18.02]For on the wall there appeared a hand [01:20.24]Nothin' else there was no man [01:22.30]In blood the hand began to write [01:24.50]And Belshazzar couldn't hide his fright [01:26.76] [01:28.14]For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting [01:31.89] [01:33.28]His kingdom was divided couldn't stand [01:36.91] [01:37.59]He was weighed in the balance and found wanting [01:40.77] [01:41.99]His houses were built upon the sand [01:46.36] [01:46.95]Well no one around could understand [01:49.00]What was written by the mystic hand [01:51.64]Belshazzar tried but couldn't find [01:53.76]A man who could give him peace of mind [01:56.08]But Daniel the prophet a man of God [01:58.27]He saw the writing on the wall in blood [02:00.75]Belshazzar asked him what it said [02:02.75]And Daniel turned to the wall and read: [02:04.97] [02:06.15]"My friend you're weighed in the balance and found wanting [02:09.65] [02:10.94]Your kingdom is divided it can't stand [02:15.56]You're weighed in the balance and found wanting [02:18.40] [02:20.20]Your houses are built upon the sand"