Pink Floyd - The Wall
Christmas comes but once a year
for every girl and boy.
The laughter and the joy
they find in each new toy
I'll tell you of a little boy
who lives across the way
The little fella's Christmas
is just another day
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 When the forward commander Was told to sit tight When he asked that his men be withdrawn.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.
(cont.)
He's the little boy that Santa Clause forgot
And goodness knows he didn't want a lot
He sent a note to Sanda
for some ??????? and a drum
His broken little heart
when he found that none had come.
So ya
Thought ya
Might like to go to the show
To feel the warm thrill of confusion
That space cadet glow
Tell me is something eluding you sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise
Lights!
Roll the sound effects!
Action!
Stuka
Pinky's father is killed
Pinky is born
The garden of innocence
The battlefield of experience
...
Mamma loves her baby And daddy loves you too And the sea may look warm to you babe And the sky may look blue Ooooh babe Ooooh baby blue Ooooh babe If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear stained eyes Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice Appears 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 memory A snapshot in the family album Daddy what else did you leave for me Daddy what d'ya 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 wallThe playground
And 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 around. There was frost in the ground When the tigers broke free. And no one survived From the Royal Fusiliers Company C. They were all left behind, Most of them dead, The rest of them dying. And that's how the High Command Took my daddy from me.
Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky!
Ooooooh ooooooh ooooooh
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky
Ooooooh ooooooh
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye Blue Sky
Goodbye Blue Sky
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
The 11:15 from Newcastle is now approaching
The 11:18 arrival ...
You! Yes, you! Stand still laddy!
When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children anyway they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did Exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids
What have we here laddie? Mysterious scribblings? A secret code? No - poems, no less - poems everybody! The laddie recons himself a poet! "Money gets back I'm all right Jack Keep your hands off my stack New car, Caviar, Four star daydream twinkle by me A football team" Absolute rubbish, laddie! (smack!) Get on with your work! Repeat after me: An acre is the area of a rectangle......
But in the town it was well known When they got home at night their fat and Psychopathic wives would thrash them Within inches of their lives
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher leave the kids alone
Hey teacher leave the kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave the kids alone
Hey teacher leave us kids alone!
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
Wrong, Do it again!
If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!
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 balls Ooooh aaah Mother should I build a wall Mother should I run for president Mother should I trust the government Mother will they put me in the firing line Ooooh Ma Is it just a wasted time Hush now baby baby don't you cry Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing She won't let you fly but she might let you sing Mama's gonna keep baby cozy and warm Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall Mother do you think she's good enough for me Mother do you think she's dangerous to me Mother will she tear your little boy apart Ooooh aaah Mother will she break my heart Hush now baby baby don't you cry Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you Mama won't let anyone dirty get through Mama's gonna wait up until you get in Mama will always find out where you've been Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh babe You'll always be baby to me Mother did it need to be so high
What shall we use To fill the empty spaces Where we used to talk? How shall I fill The final places? How should I complete the wall
Her mangler noe!!!!
I am just a new boy Stranger in this town Where are all the good times? Who's gonna show this stranger around? Ooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooh I need a dirty girl Will some woman in this desert land Make me feel like a real man? Take this rock and roll refugee Ooooh baby set me free Ooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooh I need a dirty girl Ooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooh I need a dirty girl
Oh my God! What a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?
[Film in background: I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to startle you!]
This place is bigger than our apartment!
[Film: Let me know when you're entering a room.
Yes sir!]
Erm, Can I get a drink of water?
[Film: I was wondering about ...]
Can I get you a drink of water?
[Film: Yes]
Oh wow, look at this tub! Do you wanna take a baaath?
[Film: I'll have to find out from Mrs. Bancroft
what time she wants to meet us, for her main ...]
What are you watching?
[Film: If you'll just let me know as soon as you can... Mrs Bancroft...
... Mrs Bancroft ...]
Hello?!?
[Film: I don't understand ...]
Are you feeling okay?...
Day after day love turns grey
Like the skin of a dying man
Night after night we pretend it's all right
But I have grown older
And you have grown colder
And nothing is very much fun any more
And I can feel one of my turns coming on
I feel 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 favorite axe
Don't look so frightened
This is just a passing phase
One of my bad days
Would you like to watch TV?
Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Would you like something to eat?
Would you like to learn to fly?
Would'ya?
Would you like to see me try?
Aaaah no
Would you like to call the cops?
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why are you running away?
Ooooh babe Don't leave me now How could you go? When you know how I need you To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night Ooooh babe Don't leave me now How can you treat me this way? Running away Ooooh babe Why are you running away? Ooooh babe!
[Sound of many TV's coming on, all on different channels]
...
Pink: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!
This Roman Meal bakery thought you'd like to know.
I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
Don't think I need anything at all
No! Don't 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 I'm leaving you today Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye all you people There's nothing you can say To make me change my mind Goodbye
Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there?
I've got a little black book with my poems in
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in
When I'm 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
I've got electric light
And I've got second sight
I've got amazing powers of observation
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There will 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 chain
I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains
I've got wild staring eyes
And I've got a strong urge to fly
But I've got nowhere to fly to
Ooooh babe when I pick up the phone
Surprise, surprise, surprise... [from Gomer Pyle show]
There's still nobody home
I've got a pair of Gohills boots
and I got fading roots
Where the hell are you?
Over 47 german planes were destroyed with the loss
of only 15 of our own aircraft
Where the hell are you Tyler?
[Machine gun sound, followed by plane crashing]
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that We would meet again Some sunny day? Vera! Vera! What has become of you? Does anybody else in here Feel the way I do?
Bring the boys back home
Bring the boys back home
Don't leave the children on their own no no
Bring the boys back home
Wrong! Do it again!
[knock, knock, knock, knock] Time to go!
Are you feeling okay?
There's a man answering, but he keeps hanging up!
Is there anybody out there?
Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home? Come on now I hear you're feeling down Well I can ease your pain Get you on your feet again Relax I'll need some information first Just the basic facts Can you show me where it hurts? There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain you would not understand This is not how I am I have become comfortably numb I have become comfortably numb O.K. Just a little pinprick ping There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah! But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do believe it's working good That'll keep you going through the show Come on it's time to go There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse ---- Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone I have become comfortably numb
So ya Thought ya Might like to Go to the show To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow I've got some bad news for you sunshine Pink isn't well he stayed back at the hotel And they sent us along as a surrogate band We're gonna find out where you folks really stand Are there any queers in the theater tonight? Get them up against the wall! There's one in the spotlight he don't look right to me Get him up against the wall! That one looks Jewish! And that one's a coon! Who let all of 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!
Hammer, Hammer...
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 disguise
With your button down lips and your
Roller blind eyes
With your empty smile
And your hungry heart
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past
With your nerves in tatters
When the conchshell shatters
And the hammers batter
Down the door
You'd better run
Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run
Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run
You better sleep all day
And run all night
Keep your dirty feelings
Deep inside
And if you're taking your girlfriend
Out tonight
You'd better park the car
Well out of sight
Cause if they catch you in the back seat
Trying to pick her locks
They're gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box
You'd better run
Hey, open up! HaHaHaHaHaaaaaaaaaa!
[sound of car skidding followed by loud scream]
Hammer, Hammer
Eins zwei drei a ha!
Ooooh you cannot reach me now
Ooooh no matter how you try
Goodbye cruel world it's over
Walk on by
Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come
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 clean up the city
Waiting to follow the worms
Waiting to put on a black shirt
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 follow the worms
Waiting to turn on the showers
And fire the ovens
Waiting for the queers and the coons
and the reds and the jews
Waiting to follow the worms
Would you like to see Britannia
Rule again my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms
Would you like to send our colored cousins
Home again my friend?
All you need to do is follow the worms
The Worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station. We'll be moving
along at about 12 o'clock down Stockwell Road ... towards Vauxhall Bridge.
Now when we get to the other side of Vauxhall Bridge we're in
Westminster area. It's quite possible we may encounter
some ... by the way we go. ...
Do you remember
The way it used to be?
Do you think we should have been closer?
I put out my hand
Just to touch your soft hair
To make sure in the darkness
That you were still there
And I have to admit
I was just a little afraid
Of the ones living under
Their dirty old macks
And the ones who were pointing
The guns in their backs
Stop! I wanna go home Take off this uniform And leave the show But I'm waiting in this cell Because I have to know Have I been guilty all this time?
Good morning Worm your honor
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature
This will not do
Call the schoolmaster!
I always said he'd come to no good
In the end your honor
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape
But my hands were tied
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder
Let me hammer him today?
Crazy toys in the attic I am crazy
Truly gone fishing
They must have taken my marbles away
Crazy toys in the attic he is crazy
You little shit you're in it now
I hope they throw away the key
You should have talked to me more often
Than you did but no! You had to go
Your own way have you broken any
Homes up lately?
Just five minutes Worm your honor
Him and Me alone
Baaaaaaaabe!
Come to mother baby let me hold you
In my arms
M'lud I never wanted him to
Get in any trouble
Why'd he ever have to leave me?
Worm your honor let me take him home
Crazy over the rainbow I am crazy
Bars in the window
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in
Crazy over the rainbow he is crazy
The evidence before the court is
Incontrivertable there's 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
Fills me with the urge to defecate!
Go Judge! Shit on him!
Since my friend you have revealed your
Deepest fear
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers
Tear down the wall!
All alone or in two's
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall
Isn't this where...
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