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 looking

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 getting wider

We need the spark to

Light the fire

Show me the promise

Give me some feeling

There's too much hurting

We need some healing

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 10 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

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(These walls)

Tear down walls