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In The Flesh?
03:19
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So ya thought ya might like to go to the show?
To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow?
Tell me is something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes,
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise!
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2. |
The Thin Ice
02:28
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Momma loves her baby
And daddy loves you too
And the sea may look warm to you, babe
And the sky may look blue
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, babe
Ooh ooh ooh, baby blue
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh, babe
If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a million tear-stained eyes
Don'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 you claw the thin ice.
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Daddy's flown across the ocean
Leaving just a memory
A snapshot in the family album
Daddy, what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, what d'ya 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
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When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would hurt the children
In any way they could
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
Exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
But in the town, it was well known when they got home at night
Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them
Within inches of their lives
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We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them, kids, alone!
All in all, it's just another brick in the wall
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall
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Mother
05:56
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Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they'll like this song?
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Ooh-ah, mother, should I build the wall?
Mother, should I run for president?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Ooh-ah, is it just a waste of time?
Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry
Mamma's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mamma's gonna put all of her fears into you
Mamma's gonna keep you right here, under her wing
She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing
Mamma's gonna keep baby cozy and warm
Ooooh, babe
Ooooh, babe
Ooh, babe
Of course, Mamma's gonna help build the wall
Mother, do you think she's good enough–for me?
Mother, do you think she's dangerous–to me?
Mother, will she tear your little boy apart?
Ooh-ah, mother, will she break my heart?
Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry
Mamma's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
Mamma won't let anyone dirty get through
Mamma's gonna wait up until you get in
Mamma will always find out where you've been
Mamma's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooooh, babe
Ooooh, babe
Ooh, babe
You'll always be baby to me
Mother, did it need to be so high?
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7. |
Goodbye Blue Sky
02:43
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Di-di-di-did you see the frightened ones?
Di-di-di-did you hear the falling bombs?
Di-di-di-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?
Di-di-di-did you see the frightened ones?
Di-di-di-did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on.
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye
Goodbye
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8. |
Empty Spaces
02:09
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What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where we used to talk?
How should I fill the final places?
How should I complete the wall?
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9. |
Young Lust
03:31
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I am just a new boy
A stranger in this town
Where are all the good times?
Who's gonna show this stranger around?
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
Will, some woman in this desert land
Make me feel like a real man?
Take this rock and roll refugee
Ooh, baby, set me free
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
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10. |
One Of My Turns
03:39
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Day after day, the love turns gray
Like the skin of the dying man
And night after night, we pretend it's all right
But I have grown older, and you have grown colder
And nothing is very much fun any more
And I can feel one of my turns coming on
I feel cold as a razor blade, Tight as a tourniquet
Dry as a funeral drum
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left
You'll find my favorite axe
Don't look so frightened. This is just a passing phase
One of my bad days
Would you like to watch TV? Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Would you like something to eat? Would you like to learn to fly?
Would ya? Would you like to see me try?
Would you like to call the cops?
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why are you running away?
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11. |
Don't Leave Me Now
04:18
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Ooh, babe, don't leave me now
Don't say it's the end of the road
Remember the flowers I sent
I need you, babe
To put through the shredder in front of my friends
Oh, babe, don't leave me now
How could you go?
When you know how I need you
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night
Oh, babe, don't leave me now
How can you treat me this way?
Running away
Ooh, babe, why are you running away?
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I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me
I have seen the writing on the wall
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
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13. |
Goodbye Cruel World
01:20
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Goodbye, cruel world, I'm leaving you today
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, all you people, there's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind,
Goodbye.
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14. |
Hey You
04:40
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Hey you
Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me?
Hey you
Standing in the aisles with itchy feet and fading smiles
Can you feel me?
Hey you
Don't help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight
Hey you
Out there on your own, sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you
With your ear against the wall, waiting for someone to call out
Could you touch me?
Hey you
Would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm coming home
But it was only fantasy
The wall was too high, as you can see
No matter how he tried, he could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain
Hey you
Out there on the road, always doing what you're told
Can you help me?
Hey you
Out there beyond the wall, breaking bottles in the hall
Can you help me?
Hey you
Don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall
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Is there anybody out there?
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16. |
Nobody Home
03:25
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I've got a little black book with my poems in
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in
When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in
I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on
Got those swollen hand blues
I've got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from
I've got electric light
And I've got second sight
I've got amazing powers of observation
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There will be nobody home
I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm
And the inevitable pinhole burns
All down the front of my favorite satin shirt
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers
I've got a silver spoon on a chain
I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains
I've got wild staring eyes
And I've got a strong urge to fly
But I've got nowhere to fly to
Ooh, babe, when I pick up the phone
There's still nobody home
I've got a pair of Gohills boots
And I've got fading roots
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Vera
01:31
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Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again some sunny day?
Vera, Vera, what has become of you?
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
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18. |
Bring The Boys Back Home
01:26
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Bring the boys back home
Bring the boys back home
Don't leave the children on their own, no, no
Bring the boys back home
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Comfortably Numb
06:21
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Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on, now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child, I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
Okay
Just a little pinprick
There'll be no more, ah!
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look, but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown, the dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
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20. |
The Show Must Go On
01:35
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Must the show go on?
There must be some mistake, I didn't mean to let them
Take away my soul, am I too old, is it too late?
Where has the feeling gone?
Will I remember the song?
The show must go on
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21. |
In The Flesh
04:14
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So ya thought ya might like to go to the show
To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow
I've got some bad news for you sunshine
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel
And they sent us along as a surrogate band
We're gonna find out where you fans really stand
Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against The Wall
Now there's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me
Get him up against The Wall
And that one looks Jewish and that one's a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There's one smoking a joint and another with spots
If I had my way, I'd have all of ya shot!
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Run Like Hell
04:25
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You better make your face up with your favorite disguise
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 your nerves in tatters as the cockleshell shatters
And the hammers batter down your door
You better run!
You better run all day and run all night
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside
And if you're taking your girlfriend out tonight
You better park the car well out of sight
'Cause if they catch you in the back seat trying to pick her locks
They're gonna send you back to Mother in a cardboard box
You better run!
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Waiting For The Worms
03:55
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Ooh-ooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooh-ooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel world, it's over
Walk on by
Sittin' in a bunker here behind my wall
Waitin' for the worms to come
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
Waitin' for the worms to come
Waiting to cut out the deadwood
Waiting to clean up the city
Waiting to follow the worms
Waiting to put on a black shirt
Waiting to weed out the weaklings
Waiting to smash in their windows and kick in their doors
Waiting for the final solution to strengthen the strain
Waiting to follow the worms
Waiting to turn on the showers and fire the ovens
Waiting for the queens and the coons and the reds and the Jews
Waiting to follow the worms
Would you like to see Britannia Rule again
My friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms
Would you like to send our colored cousins home again
My friend?
All you need to do is follow the worms
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Stop
00:31
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Stop!
I wanna go home
Take off this uniform and leave the show
But I'm waiting in this cell because I have to know
Have I been guilty all this time?
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The Trial
05:06
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Good morning, Worm your honor
The crown will plainly show the prisoner
Who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature
This will not do
Call 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
Crazy, toys in the attic
I am crazy, truly gone fishing
They must have taken my marbles away!
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, but no!
You had to go your own way
Have you broken any homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor, him and me, alone
Babe!
Come to mother 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?
Worm, your honor, let me take him home
Crazy, over the rainbow
I am crazy, Bars in the window
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in
The evidence before the court is incontrovertible
There's no need for the jury to retire
In all my years of judging, I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving of the full penalty of law
The way 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
I sentence you to be exposed before your peers
Tear down the wall!
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26. |
Outside The Wall
01:31
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All alone, or in twos
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 the artists make their stand
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all, it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall
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Josh Young
Hello. My name is Josh. I do various things that people would call me strange or different for.
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