The Wall (Album Version)-Steppenwolf/John Kay

[ti:The Wall] [ar:Steppenwolf] [al:Born To Be Wild: A Retrospective] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Wall (Album Version) - Steppenwolf/John Kay [00:25.54]Crossing the line in the dead of night [00:28.88] [00:30.75]Five years old and on the run [00:32.76] [00:35.52]This ain't no game boy don't make a sound [00:39.11] [00:40.78]And watch that man with the gun [00:42.74] [00:45.57]Say a prayer for the ones we leave behind [00:49.08] [00:50.78]Say a prayer for us all [00:52.86] [00:55.59]Come take my hand now and hold on tight [00:59.33] [01:00.67]Take one last look at that wall [01:02.93] [01:05.77]Think of the shattered lives [01:07.41] [01:08.19]Think of the broken hearts [01:09.93] [01:10.54]Think of the battered dreams [01:12.70]Of families still torn apart [01:14.73] [01:15.70]Wall of bitter tears wall of crying pain [01:19.89] [01:20.60]Wall of chilling fear you will never keep me here [01:25.59]For I I shall crawl right down through that wall [01:35.78] [01:39.33]I will crawl right on through that wall [01:46.10] [01:55.97]That fateful night I was one that got away [01:59.33] [02:01.28]A young and restless renegade [02:03.39] [02:06.06]Chasing my dreams still on the run [02:09.48] [02:11.34]I had some moments in the sun [02:13.80] [02:16.11]Years flew by like a speeding bullet train [02:19.59] [02:21.31]I sang my songs to one and all [02:23.52] [02:26.16]Then came the day when I had a chance to pay [02:30.27]My respects to the names on that wall [02:33.61] [02:36.30]I saw the wooden crosses [02:38.02] [02:38.60]Saw the bloody stains [02:40.33] [02:41.15]Saw the gruesome pictures [02:43.23]Of all the ones that died in vain [02:45.52] [02:46.29]Wall of countless victims wall of endless shame [02:50.61] [02:51.29]Had just one thing gone wrong [02:53.03] [02:53.58]I might have joined that list of names [02:55.46] [02:56.08]And I cried for all who died there at the wall [03:06.25] [03:10.15]I recall weeping at the wall [03:16.28] [03:21.36]Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect [03:25.90] [03:26.74]But we've never had to put a wall up to keep our people in [03:29.86] [03:36.94]While the wall is the most obvious demonstration [03:39.91]Of the failures of communism we take no pride in it [03:44.66] [03:45.79]For it is an offense against humanity separating families [03:50.46] [03:51.43]Dividing husbands and wives brothers and sisters [03:54.68]And people who wish to be joined together [03:56.89] [03:59.30]All free men wherever they may live are citizens of Berlin [04:03.77] [04:05.01]And therefore as a free man I take pride in the words [04:08.63] [04:09.40]'Ich bin ein Berliner' [04:11.06] [04:16.93]Turned on the news in November '89 [04:19.86] [04:22.14]I could not move I could not speak [04:24.46] [04:26.78]Something was burning up in my eyes [04:30.78] [04:32.27]Something wet ran down my cheek [04:34.47] [04:37.00]All those laughing faces [04:38.88] [04:39.51]All those tears of joy [04:41.21] [04:41.95]All those warm embraces [04:43.48] [04:44.01]Of men and women girls and boys [04:46.31] [04:46.94]Sisters and brothers dancing [04:48.49] [04:49.17]All singing freedom's song [04:51.11] [04:51.98]God if only I could be there [04:53.91]To shake your hands and sing along [04:56.01] [04:56.61]Oh I I would climb right up on that wall [05:07.95] [05:10.65]And join you all dancing on the wall [05:17.46] [05:20.98]Standing tall walking on the wall [05:27.77] [05:30.79]Tear it down right down to the ground [05:37.71] [05:40.82]Tear it down right down to the ground