1979
The Wall
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Tracks:
When the tigers broke
free, pt 1
In the flesh
The thin ice
Another brick in the
wall pt 1
When the tigers broke
free pt 2
Good bye blue sky
The happiest day's
of our lives
Another brick in the
wall pt 2
Mother
What shall we do
now
Empty spaces
Young lust
One of my turns
Don't leave me now
Another brick in
the wall pt 3
Good bye cruel world
Hey you
Is their anybody
out there
Nobody home
Vera
Bring the boy's back
home
Comfortably numb
The show must go
on
In the flesh
Run like hell
Waiting for the worms
Stop
The trial
Outside the wall
When the Tigers Broke Free, part 1
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be withdrawn.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 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.
Momma loves her baby, and
daddy loves you too.
And the sea may look warm
to you babe
And the sky may look blue
But ooooh babe
Ooooh baby blue
Oooooh 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.
Ooooooh, Babe.
Another Brick in the Wall, part 1
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 wall
When the Tigers Broke Free, part 2
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 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.
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 the clear
blue sky?
Did you see the frightened
ones?
Did you hear the falling
bombs?
The flames are all long gone,
but the pain lingers on.
Good bye, blue sky
Good bye, blue sky.
Good bye. Good bye
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
When we grew up and went to
school
There were certain teachers
who would
Hurt the children in any
way they could
By pouring their derision
upon anything we did
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden
by the kids
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.
Another Brick in the Wall, part 2
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought
control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids
alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them
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 them kids
alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them
kids alone!
All in all it's just another
brick in the wall.
All in all you're 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 balls?
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 firing line?
Ooooo Is it just a waste
of time?
(Ooooo Mother am I really
dying?)
Hush now baby, baby, don't
you cry.
Mother's gonna make all your
nightmares come true.
Mother's gonna put all her
fears into you.
Mother's gonna keep you right
here under her wing.
She won't let you fly, but
she might let you sing.
Mama will keep baby cozy
and warm.
Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh
baby,
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?
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 baby oooh baby oooh
baby,
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 waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the
sea of faces
In search of more and more
applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful
car?
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 to 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 all
With our backs to the wall.
What shall we use to fill
the empty spaces
Where we used to talk?
How should I fill the final
places?
How should I complete the
wall?
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
Oooh, baby set me free.
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman.
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl.
Day
after day, love turns gray
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?
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.
Don't say it's the end of
the road.
Remember the flowers I sent.
I need you, babe
To put through the shredder
In front of my friends
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?
Oooooh Babe
Another Brick in the Wall, part 3
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.
Good bye cruel world,
I'm leaving you today.
Good bye, good bye, good
bye.
Good bye, all you people,
There's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind.
Good bye.
Hey you, out there in the
cold
Getting lonely, getting old,
can you feel me?
Hey you, standing in the
aisles
With itchy feet and fading
smiles, can you feel me?
Hey you, don't help them
to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight.
Hey you, out there on your
own
Sitting naked by the phone,
would you touch me?
Hey you, with you ear against
the wall
Waiting for someone to call
out, would you touch me?
Hey you, would you help me
to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm coming
home.
But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high, as
you can see.
No matter how he tried, he
could not break free.
And the worms ate into his
brain.
Hey you, out there on the
road
Always doing what you're
told, can you help me?
Hey you, out there beyond
the wall,
Breaking bottles in the hall,
can you help me?
Hey you, don't tell me there's
no hope at all
Together we stand, divided
we fall.
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 T.V. 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 got nowhere to fly
to.
Ooooh, Babe when I pick up
the phone
There's still nobody home.
I've got a pair of Gohills
boots
And I got fading roots.
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.
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.
Ok, just a little pinprick.
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
Ooooh, Ma, Oooh Pa
Must the show go on?
Ooooh, Pa. Take me home
Ooooh, Ma. Let me go
Do I have to stand up
Wild eyed in the spotlight?
What a nightmare. Why
Don't I turn and run.
There must be some mistake
I didn't mean to let them
Take away my soul.
Am I too old, is it too late?
Ooooh, Ma, Ooooh Pa,
Where has the feeling gone?
Ooooh, Ma, Ooooh Pa,
Will I remember the song?
The show must go on.
So ya, thought ya
Might like to go to the show.
To feel that 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!
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
As the cockleshell shatters
And the hammers batter down
the door.
You better run.
You better run all day and
run all night.
And keep your dirty feelings
deep inside.
And if you're taking your
girlfriend out tonight
You 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 better run.
Ooooh, you cannot reach me
now
Ooooh, no matter how you
try
Good bye, 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.
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.
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.
Baaaabe!
Come to mother baby, let
me hold you in my arms.
M'Lord 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 incontrovertible
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 penalty of law.
The way you made them suffer,
Your exquisite wife and mother,
Fills me with the urge to
defecate!
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 twos,
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.
All lyrics © 1979 Pink Floyd Music Publ. Ltd. Chappell Music Ltd. Used without permission