"My son ask for Thyself another Kingdom, for that which I leave   is too small for Thee"      Near to the East, in a part of Ancient Greece   In an ancient land called Macedonia   Was born a son, to Philip of Macedon   The legend his name was Alexander      At the age of nineteen he became the Macedon King   And he swore to free all of Asia Minor   By the Aegean Sea in three thirty four B.C.   He utterly beat the armies of Persia      Alexander the Great   His name struck fear into hearts of men   Alexander the Great   Became a legend amongst mortal men      King Darius the third defeated, fled Persia   The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes   Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King as well   And he founded the city called Alexandria      By the Tigris river, he met King Darius again   And crushed him again at the battle of Arbela   Entered Babylon and Susa, treasures he found   Took Persepolis, the capital of Persia      Alexander the Great   His name struck fear into hearts of men   Alexander the Great   Became a God amongst mortal men      Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke   And Alexander cut the Gordian knot   And legend said that 'Who untied the knot   He would become the master of Asia'      Hedonism, he spread far and wide   The Macedonian learned mind   Their culture was a western way of life   He paved the way for Christianity   Marching on, marching on      The battle weary marching side by side   Alexander's army line by line   They wouldn't follow him to India   Tired of the combat, pain and the glory      Alexander the Great   His name struck fear into hearts of men   Alexander the Great   He died of fever in Babylon