Walls

My mama told me when I was younger

"You better speak up, don't be a number"

My daddy told me when there was thunder

"Go be the lightning, don't run for cover"

Who's gonna help the helpless?

Sometimes we're all alone

These days we're all just lookin' for a place that we call home

Now, we can't climb over, and you can't go 'round

Build them up, we'll tear them down

Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall

Build more bridges and tear down walls

These walls are the mountains that we climb

These walls are the great divide

Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall

Build more bridges, tear down walls

The space between us is gettin' wider

We need this bar to light the fire

Show me the promise, give me some feeling

There's too much hurtin', we need some healin'

Who's gonna help the helpless?

Sometimes we're all alone

These days we're one step closer to that place that we call home

Now, we can't climb over, and you can't go 'round

Build them up, we'll tear them down

Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall

Build more bridges and tear down walls

These walls are the mountains that we climb

These walls are the great divide

Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall

Build more bridges, tear down these walls

I remember when the world was smaller

And we both felt ten feet taller

Now, we can't climb over, and you can't go 'round

Build them up, we'll tear them down

Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall

Build more bridges and tear down walls

These walls are the mountains that we climb

These walls are the great divide

Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall

Build more bridges, tear down these walls

These walls

These walls

These walls

Tear down these walls

These walls

These walls

These walls

Tear down walls