When the Tigers Broke Free, Part I
It
was just before dawn
One miserable
morning in black forty four. When the forward commander Was told to sit tight received an order to hold on when he asked that his men be withdrawn .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 . two
In the Flesh?
show?
So ya so
you thought
ya
think you Might like
to go to the show can
watch a show eluding you sunshine? Tell me how confused you guys are? Is this not what you expected to see ? If you want to find out what's behind these cold eyes You 'll just have to claw your way through this disguise Three The Thin Ice Mamma loves her baby and Daddy loves you too
Daddy loves you too And the sea may look warm to you
babe And the sky may look blue you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear stained eyes Do n'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
your claw the thin ice
Four
Another
Brick in the Wall, Part I
Daddy
's flown across the ocean
Father far Crossing the oceanLeaving
just a memoryLeave just a
memorySnapshot
in the family albumThe
impression in the family
albumDaddy what else did you leave for me?Daddy , what else did you leave for me
?
Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?! Daddy, what did
you 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 II when The Tiger Breaks Out of the Cage, Part 2
And kind old King
George
Sent Mother a note
to mother
When he heard that father was gone.
When he heard the news that father was killed.
It was, I recall,
it was, I remember
In the form of a scroll, it
was a little scroll
with gold leaf and all.
Well, inlaid with gold leaf.
And I found it one day
In
a drawer of old photographs, hidden away. In a drawer of old photographs
.
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.
When the tiger broke out of the cage.
And no one
survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
They were
all left behind Most of them dead The rest of them dying. Dying And that's how the High Command Took my daddy from me. Took my daddy from me ! Six Goodbye, Goodbye Blue Sky, Blue Sky Ooooooooooh . Oh Ooooooooooh. Oh Ooooooooooh. Oh Did did did did you see the frightened ones? Can you see the frightened crowd? Did did did did you hear the falling bombs ?
Did did did 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
? After the pure blue sky?
Ooooooooooh.
Oh
Ooooooooooh.
Oh
Did did did did you see the frightened ones?
Can you see the frightened crowd?
Did did did did you hear the falling bombs
?
The flames are all long gone but the pain lingers on.
Goodbye
blue sky Goodbye blue sky Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue
sky
Goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
.
Goodbye
Seven
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
The happiest days of our lives
When we grew up and went to school
There
were certain teachers who would
Hurt
the children any way they could
hurt us
By pouring their
derision
we did
everything we did
And exposing every
weakness
But carefully hidden by the kids
But
in the town it was well known
When
they got home at night every night they came
home their
fat and Psycopathic wives would thrash them
Another Brick In the Wall, part II, part II
We
don't need no education
We
don't need no thought control We don't need no thought control
No
dark sarcasm in the
classroom Don't be sarcastic Teachers leave them kids
alone Hey, Teachers! Hey, teacher! Leave them kids alone! Leave them kids alone ! All in all it's just another brick in the wall Wrong , do it again! Wrong, do it again ! All in all you're just another brick in the wall We don't need no education " If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding." "Don't want to eat pudding without meat!"
We dont need no thought control
"
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!"
"How dare you eat pudding if you don't eat meat?!"
No dark sarcasm in the
classroom No sarcasm
"You! Yes, you, laddie! pomes, everyone. pomes. The laddie reckons himself a poet!
" Poets!" Teachers leave them kids
alone Hey! Teachers! Hey, teachers! Leave us kids alone! Leave us alone ! All in all you're just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall Nine Mother Mother , do ya think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do ya think they'll like this song
?
Mother, do ya think they'll try to break my balls
?
Ooooh,
oh
ahhh, Mother, should I build The Wall
?
Mother, should I run for President
?
Mother, should I trust the ? Mother, should I trust the
government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line
?
Ooooh,
oh
ahhh, Mother am I really dying?
) Hush
, now, baby, baby, don't you cry. Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true .
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you.
Mama
's gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She
won't let you fly, but she might let you sing. She won't let you fly ,
but she might let you sing Mama
's gonna keep baby cozy and warm
. babe , of course, Mama's gonna help build The Wall Mother, do you think she's dangerous —to me? for me? Mother, will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother, will she take your little boy away?
Ooooh,
oh
ahhh, Mother, will she break my heart
? ?
Hush, now, baby, baby, don't you cry.
Be quiet, baby don't cry
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.
Mama
won't let anyone dirty get through.
Mama Won't let anything dirty 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.
Mom will keep baby healthy and clean .
Ooooh, babe,
oh baby
ooooh babe,
oh baby
Ooooh, babe, you'll always be baby to me
.
Mother, did it need to be so high? Mother, did it need to be so high
?
10.
What Shall We Do Now?
What shall we do now? What shall we use to fill
the empty spaces Where waves of hunger roar? Shall we set out across this sea of faces In search of more and more applause ? Shall we buy a new guitar? Shall we buy a new guitar ? Shall we drive a more powerful car? Shall we drive a more powerful car ? Shall we work straight through the night? Shall we work straight through the night ? Shall we get into fights Leave the lights on, don't turn off the lights? Drop bombs, throw bombs?
Do tours of the East,
travel to the East?
Contract diseases,
a serious illness?
Bury bones
buried dead bones?
Break up homes,
destroy homes?
Send flowers by phone,
reserve flowers by phone?
Take to drink?
Alcoholism?
Go to shrinks,
find a psychiatrist?
Give up meat,
vegetarian?
Rarely sleep,
don't sleep?
Keep people as pets,
keep people as pets?
Train dogs,
train dogs?
Raise rats,
raise rats?
Fill the attic with cash, stuff the attic with
bills?
Bury treasure,
buried treasure?
Store up leisure,
save leisure time?
But never relax at
all
With our backs to the Wall? Eleven
Young lust I am just a new boy A stranger in this town Where are all the good times happy Where to find time? Who's gonna show this stranger around? Who's gonna show this stranger around ? Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl Will some woman in this desert land Make me feel like a real man I feel like a real man? Take this rock and roll refugee? Take this rock refugee Ooooh Babe oh baby
set me free Ooooooooh
I
need a dirty woman Ooooooooh
I need a dirty girl Twelve One Of My Turns Day after day, love turns day after day grey love becomes grey Like the skin of a dying man. And Night after night, night after night, we pretend its all right But I have grown older and You have grown colder and you become indifferent Nothing is very much fun any more. And I can feel
one of my turns coming on.
I'm changing
I feel
cold
as a razor blade, cold as a razor blade
Tight
as a
tourniquet, tight as a tourniquet
Dry as a funeral drum Run
as dry as a funeral drum
to the bedroom,
run to the bedroom
In the suitcase on the left In the suitcase on the left
You
'll find my favorite axe. You'll find my favorite
axe Don't look frightened.
This is just a passing phase. One of my bad days. Would you like to watch TV? Would you like to watch TV ? Or get between the sheets? Or go to bed? Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Or staring at a quiet highway?
Would you like something to eat?
What would you like to eat?
Would you like to learn to fly? Would you like to learn to fly
?
Would'ya?
Do you want to?
Would you like to see me try? Would you like to see me try
?
no!
No!
Would you like to call the cops? Would you like to call the cops
?
Do you think it's time I stopped
?
Why are you running away? Thirteen
Don't Leave Me Now Oh , babe, don't leave me now. How could you go How can I go when you know how i need you
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night,
I'm going to beat you to a pulp on Saturday night.
don't leave now.
How
can you treat me this way? How can you treat me this way
?
Runnin' away... run
away...
Oh, babe, why are you runnin' away? Oh , babe
,
why
are you runnin ' away Four Another Brick in the Wall, part III Another Brick in the Wall, Part III I don't need no arms around me And I dont need no drugs to calm me. And I do n't need no drugs to calm me. Anesthetize myself I have seen the writing on the wall. Do n't think I need anything at all. 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. Fifteen
Goodbye Cruel World Goodbye cruel world Goodbye cruel world Goodbye , goodbye , goodbye . Goodbye , goodbye , goodbye make me change my mind. Not gonna make me change. Pay attention to Goodbye. Goodbye Sixteen Is There Anybody Out There? Is there anyone out there ? Just one line: "Is there anybody out there?"
This sentence was repeated four times.
Seventeen
Nobody Home
I
've got a little black book with my poems in. Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in. I've got a backpack with my poems in
it Toothbrushes and combs When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in. They also give me some prizes when I do well I got elastic bands keepin my shoes on . those swollen hand blues. Got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from. I 've got electric light. And I've got second sight I also have a keen intuition I've got amazing powers of observation. And that is how I know
That's why I know When I try to
get through There'll be nobody home. I 've got the obligatory Hendrix perm. I keep it Hendrix style perm And the inevitable pinhole burns All down the front of my favorite satin shirt. I 've got nicotine stains on my fingers. My Traces of nicotine on my fingers I 've got silver spoon on a chain I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains. I've got a piano to support me through I've got wild staring eyes. And I 've got a strong urge to fly .
But I got nowhere to fly to.
Fly
to fly 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. Eighteen
Vera Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Nobody remembers Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that We would meet again some sunny day. Vera ! Vera! what has become of you? Vera! Vera! Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do
?
19Bring
the Boys Back Home Bring the
boys
back home! Bring the boys back home!
Do n't leave the children on their own, do n't Leave the boys alone no no. No, not Bring the boys back home! (Schoolmaster: Wrong! Do it again! Wrong! Do it again!... Teacher: Wrong, again! Do it again!...... [knock knock knock] Voice : Time to go! Time to go ! Wrong! Do it again! Wrong, do it again!...... [knock knock knock ] Knock on the door Girl: Are you feelin' OK? Girl: Are you okay? Time to go!
time to go!
[knock knock knock]
Knock
Time to go! Time to go! Time to go! Time to go
! ......
Pink: Is there anybody out there?)
pink: Is there anybody out there?
Twenty
Comfortably Numb
.
Hello.
Is
there anybody in there? Is
anyone in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is
there anyone home? Is there anyone home
?
Come on, now.
I hear
you're feeling down. Well I can ease your pain. Get you on your feet again. Relax . I need some information first.
First I need to understand the situation Just the basic
facts: Can you show me where it hurts? Can you show me where it hurts ? There is no pain, you are receding. No pain anywhere . You're backing-- A distant ship's smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're sayin'. Your lips are moving but I can't hear your words When I was a child i had a fever. My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I got that feeling once again. Now I have that feeling again I can't explain, you would not understand. This is not how I am. This is not my state
I
've
become comfortably numb. I've become
comfortably
numb .
I've become comfortably
numb. OK. Just a little pinprick . Ah!) But you may feel a little sick. Can you stand up? Can you stand up ? I do believe it 's working--good. That'll keep you going for the show. Come on it's time to go . There is no pain, you are receding. No pain anywhere . You are retreating-- A distant ship's smoke on the horizon .
You are only coming through in waves.
Your
lips move but i can't hear what you're sayin'.
When
I was a child i caught a fleeting glimpse,
when I was a kid I happened to see
Out of the corner of my eye.
Just a glimpse
I turned to look but it was gone. I turned to look but it was gone
I
cannot put my finger on it now.
Now I can't reach it The
child is grown, the dream is gone.
I
have
become
comfortably
numb.
Twenty One
In The Flesh!
show!
So ya
so you
Thought ya
think you
Might like to
Go
to the show.
Watch this show
To feel the warm thrill of confusion,
to feel the warm thrill of psychedelics --
That space cadet glow.
Provided by that fanciful guy
I've got some bad news for you sunshine,
optimistic fool, I have to tell Some bad news for you Pink is n't
well, he stayed back at the hotel
pink stand. Let me see your real stand . Are there any queers in the theater tonight? Are there any gays in the theater tonight ? Get them up against the wall! Get them up against the wall ! Get them all! Drive them all away! There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me , Get him up against the wall!
Push him too!
Get them all! Drive them all
away!
And That one looks Jewish! That one looks Jewish
! And that one's a
coon! Who let all of this riff-raff into the room? Who put these mess-raff in? There's one smoking a joint And another with spots! And the one with pockmarks! If I had my way, I 'd have all of you shot! Drag you all out long ago! Twenty-two Run Like Hell Run like hell Hammer , Hammer... Hammer, Hammer... Run, Run, Run ... You better make your face up in You better make your face up in Get up Your favorite disguise. In the way you do best
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
the wrath of a sinful past
With your nerves in tatters
When
the conch shell
shatters And the hammers
batter Down your door. You 'd better run. Run , Run, Run... Run, run, run... You better sleep all day And run all night. And keep your dirty feelings
Deep inside.
And if you're taking your girlfriend
,
Out tonight You'd better park the car . Well out of sight.
Cause if they catch you in the back seat because if they find you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks They're gonna send you back to mother They're gonna send you back to mother In a cardboard box. And it's packed in a cardboard box . You better run. You'd better run... run twenty-three Waiting for the Worms and wait for the maggots "Einse, svei, drei, alle!" One, two, three, all! Ooooh, oh you cannot reach me now
You can't catch me now
Ooooh,
oh
no matter how you try
Goodbye
, cruel world,
goodbye, cruel world
it's over
Game over
Walk on by.
Come on
We're {waiting to succeed} and going to convene outside Brixton Town Hall where we're going to be...
Waiting
to
cut out the deadwood.
Waiting
to weed out the weaklings. Waiting
to smash in their windows Window And kick in their doors. Waiting for the final solution
to strengthen the strain.
To strengthen the bloodline .
Waiting
to
follow the worms.
Would
you like to see Britannia . Would you like to see
Britannia
rule again,
flourish again
my friend?
My friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
The
Worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station. We'll be moving
along at about 12 o'clock down Stockwell Road {....
…. ..} {Abbot's Road } {.....} twelve minutes
to three we'll be moving along Lambeth Road towards Vauxhall Bridge.
Now when we get to the other side of Vauxhall Bridge we're in
Westminster {Borough } area . It's quite possible we may encounter
some {.....} by the way we go. {... ..}."
Twenty-four
Stop I wanna go home, take
off this uniform and leave the show, take off this Get out of this show in uniform But i 'm waiting here in this cell because i have to know Have you been committing crimes? Twenty-five The Trial Good morning, Worm your honor. Good morning, Lord Maggot The crown will plainly show I will show you clearly The prisoner who now stands before you Was the prisoner who stood in front of you caught red-handed showing feelingsShowing feelings of an almost human nature
Expressing the natural feelings of human beings
This will not do.
This is something that should not be done.
Call the schoolmaster!
Pass on 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? Can I hit him with a hammer today? Crazy Crazy Toys in the attic I am crazy, the toys in the attic I am crazy Truly gone fishing. I really want to go 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 You should have
communicated with me more
but no!
But you didn't!
You had to go Your own way
,
have you broken any Homes up lately? How
many homes have you broken up later?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor,
Maggot
Him and Me, alone.
Baaaaaaaaaaabe
!
Baby!
Come to mather
baby
let me hold you In my arms.
M'lud I never wanted him to Get in any trouble.
Why'd
he ever have to leave me
? leave me?
Worm, your honor, let me take him home.
Lord Maggot, let me take him home. "
crazy
crazy
Over the rainbow I am crazy,
in the hallucination I am crazy
Bars in the window.
There
must have been a door there in the wall There must have been a door there in the wall
When
I came in
. Didn't he come in from there?
Crazy is
crazy
over the rainbow he is crazy.
The evidence
before the court is Incontrovertible there's no need for The jury to retire.
The jury don't have to discuss anymore
In all my years of judging
I have never
heard before Of someone more deserving Of the full penaltie of law. Who deserves the death penalty The way you made them suffer , the pain 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 friend, You have shown the deepest panic in your heart. I sentence you to be exposed before Your peers. Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall ! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall ! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall ! Twenty-six Outside the Wall
All alone, or in two's 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 , after all it's not easy -- Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall .
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