Why do we build the wall My children, my children? Why do we build the wall? Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free How does the wall keep us free My children, my children? How does the wall keep us free? How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free Who do we call the enemy My children, my children? Who do we call the enemy? Who do we call the enemy? The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why whe build the wall We build the wall to keep us free Because we have and they have not My children, my children Because they want what we have got Because we have and they have not Because they want what we have got The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free What do we have that they should want My children, my children? What do we have that they should want? What do we have that they should want? We have a wall to work upon We have work and they have none And our work is never done My children, my children! And the war is never won! The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free We build the wall to keep us free

Down by the river junior year Walking with my girl, And we came upon a place There in the tall grass where a couple Had been making love And left the mark of their embrace. I said to her, "Looks like they had some fun." She said to me, "Let's do the same." And still I taste her kisses And her freckles in the sun When I play the poet game. A young man down in hill country In the year of '22 Went to see his future bride. She lived in a rough old shack That poverty blew through. She invited him inside. She'd been cooking, ashamed and feeling sad, She could only offer him bread and her name - Grandpa said that it was the best gift A fella ever had And he taught me the poet game. I had a friend who drank too much And played too much guitar - And we sure got along. Reel-to-reels rolled across The country near and far With letters poems and songs. But these days he don't talk to me And he won't tell me why. I miss him every time i say his name. I don't know what he's doing Or why our friendship died While we played the poet game. The fall rain was pounding down On an old New Hampshire mill And the river wild and high. I was talking to her while leaves blew down Like a sudden chill - There was wildness in her eyes. We made love like we'd been waiting All of our lives for this - Strangers know no shame - But she had to leave at dawn And with a sticky farewell kiss Left me to play the poet game. I watched my country turn into A coast-to-coast strip mall And I cried out in a song: If we could do all that in thirty years, Then please tell me you all - Why does good change take so long? Why does the color of your skin Or who you choose to love Still lead to such anger and pain? And why do I think it's any help For me to still dream of Playing the poet game? Sirens wail above the fields - Another soul gone down - Another Sun about to rise. I've lost track of my mistakes, Like birds they fly around And darken half of my skies. To all of those I've hurt - I pray you'll forgive me. I to you will freely do the same. So many things I didn't see, With my eyes turned inside, Playing the poet game. I walk out at night to take a leak Underneath the stars - Oh yeah that's the life for me. There's Orion and the Pleiades And I guess that must be Mars - All as clear as we long to be. I've sung what I was given - Some was bad and some was good. I never did know from where it came And if I had it all to do again I am not sure I would Play the poet game.

I'm trying really hard not to build a wall I'm trying not to break or fall apart But with every blow, its getting harder To stand up tall against the wind Though, when I got a leader who's stronger than me Who will take my hand and secure my feet, on solid ground Yeah, when I got a saviour who protects my heart Who will hold me close when I've gone too far Why would I look around? Cause with someone like him who's there through it all I don't need to build a wall I tried real hard to stand on my own I thought that I could figure out how to get home But now that I sit here alone I realise all my strength will never be strong enough 'Cause, when I got a leader who's stronger than me Who will take my hand and secure my feet, on solid ground Yeah, when I got a saviour who protects my heart Who will hold me close when I've gone too far Why would I look around? Cause with someone like him who's there through it all I don't need to build a wall A mighty fortress is our God I will take refuge in You God 'Cause You stand strong and tall And in You Jesus, I won't fall 'Cause, when I got a leader who's stronger than me Who will take my hand and secure my feet, on solid ground Yeah, when I got a saviour who protects my heart Who will hold me close when I've gone too far Why would I look around? Cause with someone like him who's there through it all I don't need to build a wall I don't need to build a wall

For two years time I did hide behind the door A high tide Jimmy Crying that my head was sore I couldn't come back from a trip I never took anyway Creeping like a cat and practicing my figure eight Hey Ty Ray, you never saw my face down here So wiped out and yet so clear That's when I disappear First shot taken and I read it on my telephone Gerald got awakened by some guys outside of his home We packed up his boxes but no one had the plates to pay So we kicked 'em to the curb and pretty quickly ran away Seemed like we might have had a place where we could go Kinda hurts me to think it came so near That's when we disappear Laketown taste, fine lace turning brown There were some funny cars running but nobody could handle the sound Gary came late with the tapes and a kickstand tune The gold star take was a cow tripping over the moon That's ok, nobody blamed us for that thing And we're not asking for volunteers We know when to disappear Yeah that's when we disappear Yeah that's when we disappear Yeah that's when we disappear

She's been a long time on the phone Courting disaster in an undertone She's feeling nostalgic And feeling that fall How could anyone ever fight it Who could ever expect to fight it when she Builds that wall Maybe it's one where time will tell Maybe it's one where it's just fare-thee-well I hear her coming As she walks down the hall How could anyone ever fight it Who could ever expect to fight it when she Builds that wall I know the choice is made I can tell, I said, by your guilty face And I never was wrong to fight it How does anyone ever fight it? You couldn't pin this one on me You knew my thoughts so far as I could see Well, I'd say it's hopeless But you make the call Cause I never was wrong to fight it And if given the chance, I guess I'll learn to Build that wall

I don't know you but I know what you did to her She told me and I happen to believe her too They will be three steps behind You will not know what's got you Oh so you're sorry now All is not well, it's not ended Hold your breath til it's over There's something left underwater You've been quiet, there are things that you do not speak of But if you stay gone a little longer your keys won't work Cause I will be two steps behind You will not know what's got you Oh so you're sorry now All is not well, it's not ended Hold your breath til it's over There's something left underwater Hold your breath til it's over There's something left underwater Hold your breath til it's over There's something left underwater Hold your breath til it's over There's something left underwater

I get fixated, some might say that I go too far Like candy blue, all my tattoos up and down my arms I buy too many watches, Jordan's fill up my closet I got a thing about tequila when I drink at the bar Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Your daily habits, yoga mats in the living room You're kinda messy, but it messes me up so good My fault if I'm caught watching Everything that moves when you're walking Can't sober up 'cause I'm drunk off of your perfume One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession (oh, my new obsession) Oh, oh

While I'm here I wanna fix my daddy's pick-up and disappear Put the pedal to the floor and the past in the rearview mirror Just drive Keep the dream alive You only get one life I'm gonna live it While I'm here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here While I'm around I wanna get that peace of mind thing figured out Find a red-hot honey that won't go running if the money runs out Ooh and it always runs out But that ain't what it's all about So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Here) Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far (I wanna go too far, yeah) I wanna play too hard I wana live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself (lose myself) In someone else I wana feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up Do everything I wanna while I'm here I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here