The song Belshazar is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named Walk the Line in the year 2006 .
Well the *Bible tells us 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"
On his throne he drank and ate
But for Belshazzer it was getting late
Chorus:
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
The people feast and drank their wine
And praised the false gods of his time
All holy things were scorned and mocked
But suddenly all their mocking stopped
For on the wall there appeared a hand
Nothing else, there was no man
And but, 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
But Daniel the prophet, the 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 your weighed in the balance and found wanting
Your kingdom was divided, it can't stand
Your weighed in the balance and found wanting
Your houses were built upon the sand"
Johnny Cash - Walk the Line
- I Walk the Line
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Cry, Cry, Cry
- Get Rhythm
- Home of the Blues
- So Doggone Lonesome
- Sugartime
- There You Go
- Train of Love
- Next in Line
- Don't Make Me Go
- Give Me Love to Rose
- Ballad of a Teenage Queen
- Big River
- Guess Things Happen That Way
- Come in Stranger
- Ways of a Woman in Love
- You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
- It's Just About Time
- Luther Played the Boogie
- Thanks a Lot
- Katy Too
- Goodbye, Little Darlin'
- I Love You Because
- Straight A's in Love
- Mean Eyed Cat
- Two Timin' Woman
- Wide Open Road
- Rock Island Line
- Oh, Lonesome Me
- Hey! Porter
- Wreck of the Old '97
- Belshazar
- Country Boy
- Doin' My Time
- If the Good Lord's Willing
- I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
- Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)
- I Was There When It Happened
- Born to Lose
- Life Goes On
- Blue Train
- Goodnight Irene.
- Fool's Hall of Fame
- I Couldn't Keep from Crying
- I Forgot to Remember to Forget
- I Can't Help It
- Always Alone
- I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
- Story of a Broken Heart
- Down the Street to 301
- Port of Lonely Hearts
- I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
- You Win Again
- Leave That Junk Alone
- I Walk the Line