El Viento Lyrics

Lyric discussion by guetbak 

Cover art for El Viento lyrics by Manu Chao

When Manu talks about Babylon, he refers to the rastafarian belief of this name. They believa Babylon is a nation that will try to take over the world, in other words, Manu means the United States (or any other developed/imperialistic country). Inmigrants get on-route to "Babylon" searching for a better life after "henger" comes and they leave.