...The Wall.

It was just before dawn one miserable….
Morning in black Forty-Four.
When the forward commander was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
And the Generals gave thanks as the other ranks
Held back the enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.

So ya? Thought ya?
Might like to go to the shooooow..
To feel the WARM thrill of confusion 
That space cadet glow..
Tell me, is something eluuuuding you sunshiiine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If ye wanna find out whats BEHIND these COOOLD EEEYES
You’ll just have to claw your way through this DIIIIISGUUUUUUUUUIIIISE

Momma loves her baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby..
And daddy loves you too…
And the sea may look WAAAAAAAAaaAARM to you BAaaAbe..
And the skyyyyy may look blue….
OoOoOOOOOOOooOOOOOooOOOOOOH BAAAaAaaabe..
OOOOooooOOOOoooOOOOOOOOH BAAAAABY BLuUUUuuUUUE…
OOOoOOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOoooooh OOOOOH OOooOOOH BAAAAABE..

If ye should go skaaaating..
On the thin ice of modern life.
Dragging behind yew the silent repROACH..
Of a milliiiiiooooooooooon tear staaained eeeeeeyes
Dont be surpriiiiiiiiiised when a crack in the ice..
APPEAAARS under your feet…
You slip out of your depth and… Out of your mind..
With your fear flowing out behind you..
As you claw.. The thin ice…

Daddy’s flown.. Across the ocean….
Leaving just a.. ME-MO-RY…
A snapshot in the.. Family album..
Daddy, what else did ya leave for me?
DADDY WHAT DYA LEAVE BEHIND FOR ME?
All in all it was.. Just a brick in the wall…
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall…

And kind old King George sent mother a note
When he heard that Father was gone..
It was I recall… In the form of a scroll
With gold leaf and all..
And I found it one day, 
In a drawer of old photographs.. Hidden away.
And my eyes still grow damp to remember..
His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp..
IT WAS DARK ALL AROUUND, THERE WAS FROST IN THE GROOUND..
WHEN THE TIGERS BROKE FREE.
AND NO ONE SURVIIIVED
FROM THE ROYAL FUSILIEEEERS COMPANY C.
THEY WERE ALL LEFT BEHIIIIIIIIIIIIIND.
MOST OF THEM DEAD, THE REST OF THEM DYYYYYYING…
AND THATS HOW THE HIGH COMMAND..
TOOK MY DADDY.. From me.

OoooOoOoOooOoooOOoooOOoooOOoOOh…..
OoOOoooooOOOooooooOOOooooOOooOoh….

Di-di-di-did you see the frightened ones?
Di-di-di-did you hear the falling bombs?
Di-di-di-did you ever wonder why we
Had to run for shelter when the
Promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?

OoOoooOOooOOoooooOOooOOooOOoooOoOh….
DI-DI-DI-DID YOU SEE THE FRIGHTENED ONES?
DI-DI-DI-DID YOU HEAR THE FALLING BOMBS?
THE FLAMES ARE ALL LOOONG GONE, BUT THE PAIN LINGERS OOON…
GOOOOODBYE… Blue skyyyy..
GOODBYE… `BLluUUuUUUUUE SKY…
GOODBYE………….. GOODBYE…..

(YOU! YES YOU LADDIE! STAND STILL!)

When (when) when we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children in any way they could (could could could…)
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids…..
(But in) BUT IN TOWN IT WAS WELL KNOWN
WHEN THEY GOT HOME AT NIGHT
THEIR FAT AND PSYCHOPATHIC WIVES WOULD THRASH THEM
WITHIN INCHES OF THEIR LIIIIIIIVES

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
OOOOOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOH
OOOOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooOOOOOH

We dont need no educaaaation.
We dont need no thought controool.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teacher leave them kids alone….
HEY! TEACHER! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALOOOONE!
All in all its just another brick in the wall…
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall…

WE DONT NEED NO EDUCATION.
(IF YOU DONT EAT YER MEAT YE CARNT HAVE ANY PUDDING!)
WE DONT NEED NO THOUGHT CONTROL.
(HOOOOW CAN YE HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YE DONT EAT YER MEAT?)
NO DARK SARCASM IN THE CLASSROOM.
(YOU! YES YOU LADDIE!)
TEACHER LEAVE US KIDS ALONE.
HEY! TEACHER! LEAVE US KIDS ALONE!
ALL IN ALL YOURE JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL.
ALL IN ALL YOURE JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL.

Mother, do you think they’ll drop the bomb…?
Mother, do you think they’ll like this song…?
Mother, do you think they’ll try to break MY BAAALLS…?
Ooooooh aaah.. Mother, should I build the wall?
Mother, should I run for president…?
Mother, should I trust the government…?
MOTHER, WILL THEY PUT ME IN THE FIIIIIRING LIIIINE?
Oooooooh aaaaah, mother am I really dying?

Hush now baby. Baaaaby dont you cry…
Mamma’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true..
Mamma’s gonna put all of her fears into you..
Mamma’s gonna keep you right here under her wing..
She wont let you flyyyy, but she might let you sing..
Mamma’s gonna keep baby coooooozy and WAAAARRMMM….
Ooooooh baaaaaaaaaaaabe… OOooooOOoOOH baaaaabe..
OOOOH BAAABE of course mamma’s gonna help build the wall..

Mother, do you think she’s good enough……….. For me?
Mother, do you think she’s DAAANGEROUUSS….. For me?
OOOOOH MOTHER WILL SHE TEAR YOUR LITTLE BOY APART?
OOOOOOOOH AAAAAAAAAAH MOTHER WILL SHE BREAK MY HEART?

Hush now baby. Baaaby, dont you cry..
Mamma’s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you..
Mamma wont let anyone dirty get through..
Mamma’s gonna wait up untill you get in..
Mamma will AAAALWAYS find out where you’ve been..
Mamma’s gonna keep baaaaby heeeealthyy and CLEEEEAN….
Oooooooooooooh baaaaaaaaaaaabe…. OoOOooOOooooOOOOh baaaabe..
Oooooh baaaabe… You’ll always be baby to me….

Mother, did it need to be.. So.. High…..?

What shaaall.. We uuuuuuuse… To fiiiilll… The eeeempty.. Spaces?
Wheeeere waves of hunger rooooooar?
Shaaall we set ooooout acrooossss the seeeaa of faces?
In search.. Of more.. And more… Applause?

SHALL WE BUUUY A NEEEW GUITAAAAR?
SHALL WE DRIVE A MORE PO-WER-FUL CAAAR?
SHALL WE WORK STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT?
SHALL WE GET INTO FIGHTS?
LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON? DROP BOMBS?
DO TOURS OF THE EAST? CONTRACT DISEASES?
BURY BONES? BREAK UP HOMES?
SEND FLOWERS BY PHONE?
TAKE A DRINK? GO TO SHRINKS?
GIVE UP MEAT? RARELY SLEEP?
KEEP PEOPLE AS PETS?
TRAIN DOGS? RACE RATS?
FILL THE ATTIC WITH CASH?
BURY TREASURE? STORE UP LEISURE?
BUT NEVER RELAX AT AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaAAAaaaLL
With our backs to THE WALL…..

I AM JUST A NEW BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY
STRANGER IN THIS TOOOooOOooooOOOOOOOOWN
WHERE ARE ALL THE GOOD TIIIiiiiiIIIIIIIIIMES?
WHO’S GONNA SHOW THIS STRANGER AROOOuuuUUUuuUND?
OOOOOOOOOOOoooOooOOooOOoOOoooOOOH I NEED A DIRTY WOMAN.
OOOOOOOOoOoOooOoOoOoOOoOoOoOooOoH I NEED A DIRTY GAAAAL..

WILL SOME WOMAN IN THIS DESERT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAND
MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A -REEEEEEAL- MAN.
TAKE THIS… ROCK N ROLL.. REFUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..
OOOOOOOOOOOoooooh BABE… Set me freeeEEEeee…
OOOOOOOOOOOoooOooOOooOOoOOoooOOOH I NEED A DIRTY WOMAN.
OOOOOOOOoOoOooOoOoOoOOoOoOoOooOoH I NEED A DIRTY GAAAAL..

(OH MY GOD FABULOUS ROOM, GOSH GUITARS! IM THIRSTY, ARE YOU THIRSTY? WANNA FUCK IN THE TUB? R U OK? HELLOOOOO?)

Day after day…….. love turns grey…
Like the skin.. Of a dying man….
Night after night…. We pretend its all right..
But I have grown older and…….
You have grown colder and…….
Nothing is very much fun… Any more..
And I… Can…. FeeeeEEel…
One of my turns…. Coming on.
I…. FeeEEeEEel…. Cold as a razor blade..
Tight as a tourniquet….
Dry as a funeral drum………….

RUN TO THE BEDROOM
IN THE SUITCASE ON THE LEFT
YOU’LL FIND MY FA-VO-RITE AAAXE..
DONT LOOK SO FRIGHTENED 
THIS IS JUST A PASSING PHASE
JUST ONE OF MY BAAAD DAAAAYS
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WATCH TV?
OR GET BETWEEN THE SHEETS?
OR CONTEMPLATE THE SILENT FREEWAAAAY?
WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
WOULD YA?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ME TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH AAAAAAHHHH NOOOOooOoOOoOoOoOoO

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL THE COPS…?
DO YOU THINK ITS TIME I STOPPED…?
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaAAaaAAaaaayyyyYyyYYY?

OooooooooooooOOOOOH BAAAAABE….
Dont leave me NOW..
Dont say its the end of the road….
Remember the flowers I sent?
I need YOU… BAAABE…
To put through the shredderrrrrr
In front of my friiiiieeennndssss
OOOOHhHhhHH BAAAaaAABE…
Dont leave me NOWW…
How could you GOOO?
When you know how I need you.. (I need you, I need you…)
To beat to a pulp on a SAAAATUUUURDAAAY NIIiiiIiiiiiight
OOoooooooooooOOOOH BAAAAAAAAAAAABE…
How could you treat me this waaaay?
Running away (running away away away..)
I need yooooou, BaaaAAabe…
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAaAAAYYYYYY?
OOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOH BAaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAABE.
OOOOOOOoooOOooOOOOOoooOOoOH BAAAaAAAAaAaAAaAaABE.
OOOooooOOOOOOoOOOOoOOOOOOOH OOoOOooohH OoOohoOh.

I DONT NEED NO ARMS AROUND ME.
AND I DONT NEED NO DRUGS TO CALM MEEEEE.
I HAVE SEEEEEN THE WRITING ON THE WAAAAAAAAALL…
DONT THINK I NEED ANYTHING AT AAAAAAAAALL.
NO!!! DONT THINK I’LL NEED ANYTHING AT ALL!
ALL IN ALL IT WAS ALL JUST BRICKS IN THE WALL.
ALL IN ALL YOU WERE ALL JUST BRICKS IN THE WALL..

Goodbye cruel world….
Im leaving you.. Today…
Goodbye… Goodbyyyye… Goodbye..
Goodbye all you people..
There’s nothing you can say.. 
To make me chaaaaaange my mind…
Goodbye.

Is there anybody OUT THERE?
Is there anybody… OUT THERE?
Is there anybody OUT THERE?
AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaH Is there anybody OUT THERE….?

I’ve got a little black book with my poems in…..
Got a baaaag with a toothbrush and a comb in..
When Im a good dog, they sometimes.. Throw me a bone in..
I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on…
Got those… Swollen hand blues..
Got thirteen channels of SHIT on the TV to choose from…
Ive got electric light..
And IVE GOT SECOND SIIIIGHT..
Ive got amazing.. Powers ooooofff observation..
And that is how I know…
When I try to get throoooooough..
On the telephone to you…
There’ll be nobody.. Home…

I’ve got the obligatory Hendrix perm..
And the inevitable pinhole burns..
All down the front of my favorite satin.. shirt..
I’ve got nicotine stains on my fingers..
I’ve got a silver spoon on a chaaain..
I’ve got a graaaand piano to prop up my mortal remains..
I’ve got WIIIIILD staring eeeeeeyes..
And I’ve got a strong urge to flyyyy..
But Ive got.. Nowhere.. To fly to…
OOOOOOOOOOOOH BAAAAABE.. WHEN I PICK UP THE PHOOOOOONE..
There’s still nobody home……

I’ve got a pair of Gohills boots….
And I got…. Fadiiiiiing roots…

Does anybody here.. Remeeeeember Veraaaa Lynn..?
Remember how she said that..
We would… Meet aaaaagain…
Some sunny daaaaaaay…?
VERA! VEEEERA!!!!
What has become of YEEEWWW?
Does anybody else in here…
Feel.. The way IIIIiiIi do…?

BRIIIIING THE BOOOOOOOOOOYS BACK HOME!
BRRRIIIIIIIIIIIING THE BOOOOYS BAAAAACK HOOOOOOME!
DONT LEAAAAVE THE CHIIIIIILDREN ON THEIR OOOOOWN!
BRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING THE BOOOOOYS BACK HOME…

Hello? (ello.. ello….)
Is there anybody in theeeere?
Just nod if you can heeear me..
Is there aaaanyone at hoooome?
Come on.. Noooooow..
I hear you’re feeeeeeliiiing dooooown..
Well I can ease your paaaaain..
Get you.. On your feet aaaagain..
Relax (relax relax..) 
I’ll need some in-for-ma-tioooon fiiiiirst..
Just the basic facts..
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no paaain you are receeeeeeding..
A distant ship smoke on the hoooriiizoooon..
You are ooonly coming throooough in waaaaves..
Your lips mooove but I carnt hear what youre saaaying..
When Iiiii was a child.. I had a feeeever.
My hands felt just liike twooo baallooons..
Now I’ve got that feever once aaaagain
I carnt explain, you would not uuuunderstand
This is not how I aaaaaaaaaaaaam…
IIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiII have become.. Comfortably numb.

IIiiIiIiIIiIIiIIIIIIIiIII have become comfortably numb..

OK (ok ok ok..)
Just a little pinprick..
There’ll be no more AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAH!!!!
But you may feel a little sick..
Can you stand up?
I do believe it working, GOOOOOOOD
That’ll keep you going for the show…
Come on, its time to go..

There is no paaain you are receeeeeeding..
A distant ship smoke on the hoooriiizoooon..
You are ooonly coming throooough in waaaaves..
Your lips mooove but I carnt hear what youre saaaying..
When I was a child.. I caught a FLEETING GLIMPSE.
Oooout oooof the coooorner of my eeeeyee..
I turned to look, but it was gone
I cannot put my finger ooooon it now
The child has grown, the dream IS GOOOONE..
IIIIIiiiiiiiiiIIIIIiIIiiII Have become.. Comfortably numb..

SO YA? THOUGHT YA?
MIGHT LIKE TO GO TO THE SHOOOOOW?
TO FEEL THAT… WAAAAARM THRILL OF CONFUSION..
THAT SPACE CADET GLOW? HUH….
Well, I’ve got some bad news for YOU sunshine..
PINK, isnt well, he’s uh, back at the hotel..
And they sent US along as a surrogate band!
Now, TONIGHT, we’re gonna find out where you fans REEEEEAAALLLY stand.

Are there any QUEERS in the audience tonight?
GET THEM UP AGAINST THE WALL! (Gainst.. THE.. WALL!)
There’s one in the spotlight, HE DONT LOOK RIGHT!
Have HIM up against the wall! (Gainst.. THE.. WALL!)
That one looks JEWISH!
And that ones a COON!!!
WHO LET ALL THIS RIFF-RAFF INTO THE ROOM?
There’s one SMOKING A JOINT!
AND ANOTHER WITH SPOTS!
If I had my way…
I’D HAVE ALL OF YOU SHOT!

RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN
RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN
YOU BETTER…. Make your face up in
Your favorite disguuuuise.
With your button down lips and your
Roller blind eeeeeeeeeyes.
With your empty smile..
And your hungry heeeart.
Feel the bile rising from your guilty paaast.
With your nerves in tatters
When the cockleshell shatters
And the hammers batter
Down the door
YOU BETTER RUN!

RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN
RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN
YOU BETTER…. Run all daaaaaaaaaaay
And run all niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
Keep your dirty feelings 
DEEP INSIIIIIIDE
And if youre taking your girlfriend
OUT TOOOONIIGHT
Youd better park the car
Well OUT OF SIGHT
Cause if they catch you in the back seat
Trying to pick her locks
Theyre gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box
YOU BETTER RUN!

EINS, ZWEI, DREI, ALLE!

OoooooooooOOoOoOooOoh you caaaannooot reaaach me noooooooooow
OOOOOOOOOOooOoOOOOH no matter how you trrryyyy
Goodbye cruel world… Its ooooooover.. Walk on byyy…

(We’re {waiting to succeed} and going to convene outside Brixton
Town Hall where we’re going to be… )

WAITING! To cut out the deadwood.
WAITING! To weed out the weaklings.
WAITING! To smash in their windows
And kick in their doors.
WAITING! For the final solution
To strengthen the strain.
WAITING! To follooooow the woooorms.

(Would) Would you like to see (you like to see)
Britannia (us) ruuuuuule aaaaagaaaaiiin? My friend..
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FOLLOW THE WORMS.

(Mumbling)

STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!
I wanna go hoome…
Take off this uniform..
And leave the show…..
Im waiting in this cell..
because I… Have to know…
Have I been guilty all this time..?

Goodmoooorning, worm yo’ honoOoOUUR
The crown will plaaaainly shooow
The prrrrisooonerrrrr who now stands before yew
Was caught red-handed showing FEEEEELINGS!
Showing feeeeeliiings of an almost.. Human NATURE!
This-will-not-dew!
CALL THE SCHOOLMASTER!

IYE ALWAYS SAID HE’D COME TO NOGUD
IN THE END YE HONAAAAR
If they’d let me have me way e could’ve
Flayed ‘im in’o shape!
But me hands were tiiiied
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let ‘im get ‘way with mordor
Lemme hammer ‘im todaaayy..

Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaazyyyy..
Toys in the aaaaattic I.. am.. Craaaaazy..
Truly gone fishing…
They must have taken my MAAAARBLES AWAY..
Craaaaazy.. Toys in the aaaattic he is craaaazy…

You little shit, you’re in it noooow
I hope they throw away the KEY!
Ye’ shouldve talked to me more often 
Than ye did, but NOOOOO! You had to go
Your own way, have ye broken any homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor..
Him.. and me… Alooooone.

BAAAAAAAaaaaaAaAaAaAaaAaaAAaABE!
COME TO MOTHER BAAAAAABY, LET ME
HOLD YE IN MY AAAAAARMS..
M’LUD I never waaanted him to
Get in any trrrrouble
Why’d he eeeever have to leeaaave me?
Worm, your honor, let me taAaaake Hiiim hoooOooOme….

Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy….
Over the raaainbow, I am craaaazy,…
Bars in the window…
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DOOR THERE IN THE WALL
WHEN I CAME IIIIN…
CRAAAAAZY… Over the rainbow, he is craaazy…

THE EVIDENCE. BEFORE THE COURT IS…
INCONTRIVERTIBLE, THERES NO NEED FOR THE
JURY TO RETIRE!
IN ALL MY YEARS OF JUDGING,
I HAVE -NEVER- HEARD BEFORE..
OF SOMEONE MORE DESERVING
OF THE FULL PENALTIE OF LAW!
THE WAY YOU MADE THEM SUFFER…
YOUR EXQUISITE WIFE AND MOTHER!
FIIIIILLS ME WITH THE URGE TO DEFECATE!

SINCE! MY FRIEND, YOU HAVE REVEALED
YOUR DEEPEST FEEEAR.
I SENTENCE YEW TO BE EXPOSED BEFORE
YOUR PEEEEEEERS!
TEEEEAR DOOOOWN THE WALL! (teeeeear down the wall teeeeeeear down the wall teeeeeeeear down the wall)

All alone.. Or in twooo’s..
The ones who.. REAALLY love you..
Walk up and down.. Outsiiide the wall..
Some haaaand in haand..
And some gathered together in bands..
The bleeding heartsS and arteests..
Make their stand.

And when they’ve given you their all..
Some stagger and fall.. After all its not easy..!
Banging your heart.. Against some mad bugger’s wall..