My mama told me when I was younger You better speak up, don't be a number My daddy told me when there was thunder Go be the lightning, don't run for cover Who's gonna help the helpless? Sometimes we're all alone These days we're all just looking for a place that we call home Now we can't climb over and you can't go round Build them up, we'll tear them down Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall Build more bridges and tear down walls These walls are the mountains that we climb These walls are the great divide Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall Build more bridges, tear down walls The space between us is getting wider We need the spark to light the fire Show me the promise, give me some feeling There's too much hurting, we need some healing Who's gonna help the helpless? Sometimes we're all alone These days we're one step closer to that place that we call home Now we can't climb over and you can't go round Build them up, we'll tear them down Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall Build more bridges and tear down walls These walls are the mountains that we climb These walls are the great divide Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall Build more bridges, tear down walls I remember when the world was smaller And we both felt ten feet taller Now we can't climb over and you can't go round Build them up, we'll tear them down Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall Build more bridges and tear down walls These walls are the mountains that we climb These walls are the great divide Brick by brick, gonna watch them fall Build more bridges, tear down walls These walls Tear down walls These walls These walls These walls Tear down walls