PINK FLOYD – THE WALL

PINK FLOYD – THE WALL

1. IN THE FLASH
4. THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES
"....we came in?"
So ya/ Thought ya When we grew up and went to school
Might like to go to the show. There were certain teachers who would
To feel the warm thrill of confusion Hurt the children in any way they could
That space cadet glow.
Tell me is something eluding you, sunshine? "OOF!" [someone being hit]
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold By pouring their derision
eyes Upon anything we did
You'll just have to claw your way through this And exposing every weakness
disguise. However carefully hidden by the kids
"Lights! Turn on the sound effects! Action!" But in the town, it was well known
"Drop it, drop it on 'em! Drop it on them!!!!!" When they got home at night, their fat and
Psychopathic wives would thrash them
2. THE THIN ICE Within inches of their lives.

Momma loves her baby 5. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART 2

And daddy loves you too.
And the sea may look warm to you babe We don't need no education
And the sky may look blue We dont need no thought control
But ooooh Baby No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Ooooh baby blue Teachers leave them kids alone
Oooooh babe. Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
If you should go skating All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach We don't need no education
Of a million tear-stained eyes We dont need no thought control
Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Appears under your feet. Teachers leave them kids alone
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
With your fear flowing out behind you All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
As you claw the thin ice. All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

3. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART 1 "Wrong, Do it again!"

"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any
Daddy's flown across the ocean pudding. How can you
Leaving just a memory have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
Snapshot in the family album "You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still
Daddy what else did you leave for me? laddy!"
Daddy, what'd'ja 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.

"You! Yes, you! Stand still laddy!"

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6. MOTHER
7. GOODBYE BLUE SKY
Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother do you think they'll like this song? "Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the
Mother do you think they'll try to break my sky"
balls?
Mother should I build the wall? Did you see the frightened ones?
Mother should I run for president? Did you hear the falling bombs?
Mother should I trust the government? Did you ever wonder why we had to run for
Mother will they put me in the firing line? shelter when the
Mother am I really dying? promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath
a clear blue
Hush now baby, baby, dont you cry. sky?
Mother's gonna make all your nightmares come
true. Did you see the frightened ones?
Mother's gonna put all her fears into you. Did you hear the falling bombs?
Mother's gonna keep you right here under her The flames are all gone, but the pain lingers on.
wing.
She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing. Goodbye, blue sky
Mama will keep baby cozy and warm. Goodbye, blue sky.
Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby, Goodbye.
Of course mama'll help to build the wall. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Mother do you think she's good enough -- to
me? "The 11:15 from Newcastle is now approaching"
Mother do you think she's dangerous -- to me? "The 11:18 arrival...."
Mother will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother will she break my heart? 8. EMPTY SPACES
Hush now baby, baby dont you cry. [backwards message:]
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for "Congratulations, You have just discovered the
you. secret message.
Mama wont let anyone dirty get through. Please send your answer to 'Old Pink',
Mama's gonna wait up until you get in. Care of the funny farm, Chalfont..." - Spoken By
Mama will always find out where you've been. Roger
Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean. [...interrupted...]
Ooooh baby oooh baby oooh baby, "Roger, Caroline's on the phone..." - Unknown
You'll always be baby to me. Voice

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?

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[Film: "Let me know when you're entering a

9. YOUNG LUST room"
"Yes sir!"]
I am just a new boy, "erm, Can I get a drink of water?
Stranger in this town. [Film: "I was wondering about ..."]
Where are all the good times? "You want some, huh?"
Who's gonna show this stranger around? [Film: "Yes"]
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman. "Oh wow, look at this tub? Do you wanna take
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl. baaaath?"
[Film: "I'll have to find out from Mrs. Bancroft
Will some cold woman in this desert land what time she wants to meet us, for her
Make me feel like a real man? main ..."]
Take this rock and roll refugee "What are watching?"
Oooh, baby set me free. [Film: "If you'll just let me know as soon as you
can ... Mrs Bancroft" "Mrs Bancroft ..."]
Ooooh, I need a dirty woman. "Hello?"
Ooooh, I need a dirty girl. [Film: "I don't understand ..."]
"Are you feeling okay?..."
[Phone rings..Clink of receiver being lifted]
"Hello..?" Day after day, love turns grey
"Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Like the skin of a dying man.
Floyd. Night after night, we pretend its all right
Will you accept the charges from United But I have grown older and
States?" You have grown colder and
[clunk! of phone being put down] Nothing is very much fun any more.
"Oh, He hung up! That's your residence, right? I And I can feel one of my turns coming on.
wonder why he hung up? I feel cold as a razor blade,
Is there supposed to be someone else there Tight as a tourniquet,
besides your wife there to answer?" Dry as a funeral drum.
[Phone rings again...clunk of receiver being
picked up] Run to the bedroom,
"Hello?" In the suitcase on the left
"This is United States calling, are we reaching... You'll find my favorite axe.
[interrupted by phone being put down] Don't look so frightened
"See he keeps hanging up, and it's a man This is just a passing phase,
answering." One of my bad days.
[whirr of connection being closed] Would you like to watch T.V.?
Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
10. ONE OF MY TURNS Would you like something to eat?
Would you like to learn to fly?
"Oh my God! What a fabulous room! Are all Would'ya?
these your guitars? Would you like to see me try?
[Film in background: "I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean
to startle you!] Would you like to call the cops?
"This place is bigger than our apartment! Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why are you running away?

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11. DON'T LEAVE ME NOW 14. HEY YOU

Ooooh, babe Hey you, out there in the cold

Don't leave me now. Getting lonely, getting old
Don't say it's the end of the road. Can you feel me?
Remember the flowers I sent. Hey you, standing in the aisles
I need you, babe With itchy feet and fading smiles
To put through the shredder Can you feel me?
In front of my friends Hey you, dont help them to bury the light
Ooooh Babe. Don't give in without a fight.
Dont leave me now.
How could you go? Hey you, out there on your own
When you know how I need you Sitting naked by the phone
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night Would you touch me?
Ooooh Babe. Hey you, with you ear against the wall
How could you treat me this way? Waiting for someone to call out
Running away. Would you touch me?
I need you, Babe. Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Why are you running away? Open your heart, I'm coming home.
Oooooh Babe!
But it was only fantasy.
12. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART 3 The wall was too high,
As you can see.
[Sound of many TV's coming on, all on different No matter how he tried,
channels] He could not break free.
"The Bulls are already out there" And the worms ate into his brain.
Pink: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!"
"This Roman Meal bakery thought you'd like to Hey you, standing in the road
know." always doing what you're told,
Can you help me?
I don't need no arms around me Hey you, out there beyond the wall,
And I dont need no drugs to calm me. Breaking bottles in the hall,
I have seen the writing on the wall. Can you help me?
Don't think I need anything at all. Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all
No! Don't think I'll need anything at all. Together we stand, divided we fall.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.
All in all you were all just bricks in the wall. "Well, only got an hour of daylight left. Better
get started"
"Isnt it unsafe to travel at night?"
13. GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD "It'll be a lot less safe to stay here. You're
father's gunna pick up our trail before long"
Goodbye cruel world, "Can Loca ride?"
I'm leaving you today. "Yeah, I can ride... Magaret, time to go!
Goodbye,Goodbye,Goodbye. Maigret, thank you for everything"
Goodbye, all you people, "Goodbye Chenga"
There's nothing you can say "Goodbye miss ..."
To make me change my mind. Goodbye. "I'll be back"

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15. IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? And I've got a strong urge to fly.
But I got nowhere to fly to.
Is there anybody out there? (4x) Ooooh, Babe when I pick up the phone

16. NOBODY HOME "Surprise, surprise, surprise..." (from Gomer

Pyle show)
"Alright, I'll take care of them part of the time,
but there's somebody else that needs taking There's still nobody home.
care of in Washington"
"Who's that?" I've got a pair of Gohills boots
"Rose Pilchitt!" and I got fading roots.
"Rose Pilchitt? Who's that?"
[Kid screams in background. foreground: "Shut "Where the hell are you?"
Up!"] "Over 47 german planes were destroyed with
"36-24-36 [laughter] does that answer your the loss of only 15 of our own aircraft"
question?" "Where the hell are you Simon?"
[foreground: "Oi! I've got a little black book with [Machine gun sound, followed by plane
me poems in!"] crashing]
"Who's she?"
"She was 'Miss Armoured Division' in 1961 ... " 17. VERA

I've got a little black book with my poems in. Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in. Remember how she said that
When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw We would meet again
me a bone in. Some sunny day?
Vera! Vera!
I got elastic bands keepin my shoes on. What has become of you?
Got those swollen hand blues. Does anybody else here
Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to Feel the way I do?
choose from.
I've got electric light. 18. BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME
And I've got second sight.
And amazing powers of observation. Bring the boys back home.
And that is how I know Bring the boys back home.
When I try to get through Don't leave the children on their own, no, no.
On the telephone to you Bring the boys back home.
There'll be nobody home.
"Wrong! Do it again!"
I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm. "Time to go! [knock, knock, knock, knock]
And the inevitable pinhole burns "Are you feeling okay?"
All down the front of my favorite satin shirt. "There's a man answering, but he keeps
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers. hanging up!"
I've got a silver spoon on a chain. Is there anybody out there?
I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal
remains.

I've got wild staring eyes.

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The dream is gone.

19. COMFORTABLY NUMB I have become comfortably numb.
20. THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Hello?
Is there anybody in there? Ooooh, Ma, Oooh Pa
Just nod if you can hear me. Must the show go on?
Is there anyone at home? Ooooh, Pa. Take me home
Come on, now, Ooooh, Ma. Let me go
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain There must be some mistake
Get you on your feet again. I didnt mean to let them
Relax. Take away my soul.
I'll need some information first. Am I too old, is it too late?
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts? Ooooh, Ma, Ooooh Pa,
Where has the feeling gone?
There is no pain you are receding Ooooh, Ma, Ooooh Pa,
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. Will I remember the songs?
You are only coming through in waves. The show must go on.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're
saying. 21. IN THE FLESH
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons. So ya
Now I've got that feeling once again Thought ya
I can't explain you would not understand Might like to
This is not how I am. Go to the show.
I have become comfortably numb. To feel that warm thrill of confusion,
That space cadet glow.
O.K. Just a little pinprick. I've got some bad news for you sunshine,
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah! Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel
But you may feel a little sick. And they sent us along as a surrogate band
Can you stand up? We're gonna find out where you folks really
I do believe it's working, good. stand.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go. Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall!
There is no pain you are receding There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. to me,
You are only coming through in waves. Get him up against the wall!
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're That one looks Jewish!
saying. And that one's a coon!
When I was a child Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
I caught a fleeting glimpse There's one smoking a joint,
Out of the corner of my eye. And another with spots!
I turned to look but it was gone If I had my way,
I cannot put my finger on it now I'd have all of you shot!
The child is grown,

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22. RUN LIKE HELL Walk on by.

"Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd" Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall

Waiting for the worms to come.
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, In perfect isolation here behind my wall
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run. Waiting for the worms to come.
You better make your face up in
Your favorite disguise. We're {waiting to succeed} and going to
With your button down lips and your convene outside Brixton
Roller blind eyes. Town Hall where we're going to be...
With your empty smile
And your hungry heart. Waiting to cut out the deadwood.
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past. Waiting to clean up the city.
With your nerves in tatters Waiting to follow the worms.
When the cockleshell shatters Waiting to put on a black shirt.
And the hammers batter Waiting to weed out the weaklings.
Down the door. Waiting to smash in their windows
You'd better run. And kick in their doors.
Waiting for the final solution
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, To strengthen the strain.
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run. Waiting to follow the worms.
You better run all day Waiting to turn on the showers
And run all night. And fire the ovens.
Keep your dirty feelings Waiting for the queens and the coons
Deep inside. and the reds and the jews.
And if you're taking your girlfriend Waiting to follow the worms.
Out tonight
You'd better park the car Would you like to see Britannia
Well out of sight. Rule again, my friend?
Cause if they catch you in the back seat All you have to do is follow the worms.
Trying to pick her locks, Would you like to send our colored cousins
They're gonna send you back to mother Home again, my friend?
In a cardboard box.
You better run. All you need to do is follow the worms.

"Hey, open up! HaHaHaHaHaaaaaaaaaa! The Worms will convene outside Brixton Bus
[sound of car skidding, followed by loud scream] Station. We'll be moving along at about 12
"Hammer, Hammer" o'clock down Stockwell Road {.... ......} {Abbot's
Road } {.....} twelve minutes to three we'll be
moving along Lambeth Road towards Vauxhall
23. WAITING FOR THE WORMS Bridge. Now when we get to the other side of
Vauxhall Bridge we're in Westminster
"Eins, zwei, drei, alle!" {Borough } area. It's quite possible we may
encounter some {.....} by the way we go. {... ..}."
Ooooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel world, it's over

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24. STOP M'lud I never wanted him to

Get in any trouble.
Stop! Why'd he ever have to leave me?
I wanna go home Worm, your honor, let me take him home.
Take off this uniform
And leave the show. Crazy,
But I'm waiting in this cell Over the rainbow, I am crazy,
Because I have to know. Bars in the window.
Have I been guilty all this time? There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in.
25. THE TRIAL Crazy, over the rainbow, he is crazy.

Good morning, Worm your honor. The evidence before the court is
The crown will plainly show Incontrivertable, there's no need for
The prisoner who now stands before you The jury to retire.
Was caught red-handed showing feelings In all my years of judging
Showing feelings of an almost human nature; I have never heard before
This will not do. Of someone more deserving
Call the schoolmaster! Of the full penaltie of law.
The way you made them suffer,
I always said he'd come to no good Your exquisite wife and mother,
In the end your honor. Fills me with the urge to defecate!
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape. "Hey Judge! Shit on him!"
But my hands were tied,
The bleeding hearts and artists Since, my friend, you have revealed your
Let him get away with murder. Deepest fear,
Let me hammer him today? I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers.
Crazy, Tear down the wall!
Toys in the attic I am crazy,
Truly gone fishing. 26. OUTSIDE THE WALL
They must have taken my marbles away.
Crazy, toys in the attic he is crazy. All alone, or in two's,
The ones who really love you
You little shit you're in it now, Walk up and down outside the wall.
I hope they throw away the key. Some hand in hand
You should have talked to me more often And some gathered together in bands.
Than you did, but no! You had to go The bleeding hearts and artists
Your own way, have you broken any Make their stand.
Homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor, And when they've given you their all
Him and Me, alone. Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's
Baaaaaaaaaabe! wall.
Come to mother baby, let me hold you
In my arms. "Isn't this where...."