The Wall (Steppenwolf at 50. 2018)

Текст песни Steppenwolf and John Kay - The Wall (Steppenwolf at 50. 2018)

Crossing the line in the dead of night
Five years old and on the run
This ain't no game, boy, don't make a sound
And watch that man with the gun
Say a prayer for the ones we leave behind
Say a prayer for us all
Come take my hand now and hold on tight
Take one last look at that wall
Think of the shattered lives, think of the broken hearts
Think of the battered dreams of families still torn apart
Wall of bitter tears, wall of crying pain
Wall of chilling fear, you will never keep me here
For I, I shall crawl right down through that wall
I will crawl right on through that wall
That fateful night I was one that got away
Young and restless renegade
Chasing my dreams, still on the run
I had some moments in the sun
Years flew by like a speeding bullet train
I sang my song to one and all
Then came the day when I had a chance to pay
My respect to the names on that wall
I saw the wooden crosses, saw the bloody stains
Saw the gruesome pictures of all the ones that died in vain
Wall of countless victims, wall of endless shame
With just one thing gone wrong, I might have joined that list of names
And I, I cried for all who died there at the wall
Oh, I recall weeping at the wall
Freedom has many difficulties
And democracy is not perfect
But we have never had to put a wall up
To keep our people in
The wall is the most obvious demonstration
Of the failures of the Communist system
We take no satisfaction in it
For it is an offense against humanity
Separating families
Dividing husbands and wives and brothers and sisters
And dividing a people
Who wish to be joined together
All free men, wherever they may live
Are citizens of Berlin
And therefore, as a free man
I take pride in the words
"Ich bin ein Deutscher"
Turned on the news in November '89
I couldn't move, I could not speak
Something was burning up in my eyes
Something wet ran down my cheek
All those laughing faces, all those tears of joy
All those warm embraces of men and women, girls and boys
Sisters and brothers dancing, all singing freedom's song
God, if only I could be there to shake your hands and sing along
Oh, I, I would climb right up on that wall
And join you all, yeah, dancing on the wall
Oh, standing tall, walking on the wall
Tear it down, right down to the ground
Tear it down, right down to the ground
Tear it down, right down to the ground
Tear it down, right down to the ground
Tear it down, right down to the ground