Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Wall , by - Steppenwolf. Song from the album Steppenwolf at 50, in the genre Иностранный рокRelease date: 15.03.2018
Record label: Geffen
Song language: English
The Wall |
| Crossing the line in the dead of night |
| Five years old and on the run |
| This ain’t no game, boy, don’t make a sound |
| And watch that man with the gun |
| Say a prayer for the ones we leave behind, say a prayer for us all |
| Come take my hand now and hold on tight |
| Take one last look at that wall |
| Think of the shattered lives, think of the broken hearts |
| Think of the battered dreams, of families still torn apart |
| Wall of bitter tears, wall of crying pain |
| Wall of chilling fear, you will never keep me here |
| For I, I shall crawl right down through that wall |
| I will crawl right on through that wall |
| That fateful night I was one that got away |
| A young and restless renegade |
| Chasing my dreams, still on the run |
| I had some moments in the sun |
| Years flew by like a speeding bullet train, I sang my songs to one and all |
| Then came the day when I had a chance to pay |
| My respects to the names on that wall |
| I saw the wooden crosses, saw the bloody stains |
| Saw the gruesome pictures of all the ones that died in vain |
| Wall of countless victims, wall of endless shame |
| Had just one thing gone wrong I might have joined that list of names |
| And I cried for all who died there at the wall |
| I recall weeping at the wall |
| «Freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect |
| But we’ve never had to put a wall up to keep our people in… |
| While the wall is the most obvious demonstration of the failures of communism |
| We take no pride in it… for it is an offense against humanity, separating |
| families |
| Dividing husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and |
| People who wish to be joined together… |
| All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin |
| And therefore, as a free man I take pride in the words «Ich bin ein Berliner» |
| (Excerpts from John F. Kennedy speech at the Berlin wall June 26, 1963) |
| Turned on the news in November '89 |
| I could not move, I could not speak |
| Something was burning up in my eyes |
| Something wet ran down my cheek |
| All those laughing faces, all those tears of joy |
| All those warm embraces of men and women, girls and boys |
| Sisters and brothers dancing, all singing freedom’s song |
| God, if only I could be there to shake your hands and sing along |
| Oh I, I would climb right up on that wall |
| And join you all dancing on the wall |
| Standing tall walking on the wall |
| Tear it down, right down to the ground |
| Tear it down, right down to the ground |
| © 1989 Black Leather Music, Inc., (BMI), Michael John Music (BMI), Attlebrat |