Pink Floyd lyrics

Album: The Wall [1979]

In The Flesh ?
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 want to find out what's behind these cold eyes ? You'll just have to claw your way through the Disguise

The Thin Ice.
Mamma loves her baby And daddy loves you too And the sea may look warm to you, baby And the sky may look blue But oooh babe Oooh baby blue 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

Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1).
Daddy's flown across the ocean Leaving just a memory A snap shot 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

The Happiest Days Of Our Lives.
When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children anyway they could By pouring their derisions Upon anything we did And 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 Psychopatic wives would thrash them Within inches of their lives

Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2).
We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave the kids alone Hey, teacher, leave the kids alone ! All in all it's just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall

Mother.
Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb Mother do you think they'll like the song Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls Oooh ma, mother should I build a wall Mother should I run for president Mother should I trust the government Mother will they put me in the firing line Oooh ma, is it just a wasted time 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 Mama's gonna keep baby cosy and warm Oooh babe Oooh babe Oooh babe Of course mama's gonna help build the wall Mother do you think she's good enough for me Mother do you think she's dangerous tell me Mother will she make your little boy a toy Ooh ma, mother will she break my heart Hush now baby, baby don't you cry Mama's gonna check out all of your girlfriends for you Mama won't let anyone dirty get through Mama's gonna wait up 'till you get in Mama will always find out where you've been Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean Oooh babe Oooh babe Oooh babe You'll always be a baby to me Mother, did it need to be so high ?

Goodbye Blue Sky.
Ooooooooooooooooooh Did you see the frightened ones Did you hear the falling bombs Did you ever wonder Why we had to run for shelter When the promise of a brave new world Unfouled beneath a clear blue sky Ooooooooooooooooooh Did you see the frightened ones Did you hear the falling bombs The flames are all long gone But the pain lingers on Goodbye blue sky Goodbye blue sky Goodbye

Empty Spaces.
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 ?

Young Lust.
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 town Make me feel like a real man Take this rock'n'roll refugee Ooh Babe set me free Ooh I need a dirty woman Ooh I need a dirty girl

One Of My Turns.
Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a 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 favourite axe Don't look so frightened This is just a passing phase Just one of my bad days Would you like to watch T.V. ? Or get between the sheets Or contemplate the silent freeway ? Would you like something to eat ? Would you like to learn to fly ? Would you ? Would you like to see me try ? Oh I don't know Would you like to call the cops ? Do you think it's time I stopped ? Why are you running away ?

Don't Leave Me Now.
Oooh 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 Ooh 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 Ooh Babe Don't leave me now How can you treat me this way Running away Ooh Babe Why are you running away ? Oooh Babe !

Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3).
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

Goodbye Cruel World.
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

Hey You !
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, would 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

Is There Anybody Out There ?
Is there anybody out there ?

Nobody Home.
I've got a little black book with my poems in Got a bag with 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 13 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'll be nobody home I've got the obligatory Hendrix Perm And the inevitable pinhole burns All down the front of my favourite satin shirt I've got nicotine stains on my fingers I've got a silver spoon on a chain 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...

Vera.
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn Remember how she said that We would meet again Some sunny day Vera ! Vera ! What have become of you Does anybody else in here Feel the way I do ?

Bring The Boys Back Home.
Bring the boys back home Bring the boys back home Don't leave the children on their own Bring the boys back home

Comfortably Numb.
Hello, Is there anybody in there ? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home Come on now, I hear you're feeling down 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 O.K., Just a little pin prick There'll be no more aaaaaaah ! 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

The Show Must Go On.
Ooh Ma ooh Pa Must the show go on Ooh Pa take me home Ooh Ma let me go There must be some mistake I didn't mean to let them Take away my soul Am I too old is it too late Ooh Ma Ooh Pa Where has the feeling gone ? Ooh Ma Ooh Pa Will I remember the songs ? The show must go on.

In The Flesh.
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 And we're going to find out where you fans Really stand Are there any queers in the theatre tonight Get'em up against the wall 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 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 you shot

Run Like Hell.
You better make your face up in Your favourite 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 cockle shell shatters And the hammers butter 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 Take your girlfriend Out tonight, You better park the car Well out of sight 'cos if they catch you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks They're gonna send you back to mother In a card board box You better run.

Waiting For The Worms.
Ooh You cannot reach me now Ooh No matter how you try Goodbye cruel world it's over Walk on by Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come In perfect isolation here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come Waiting to cut out the deadwood to clean up the city to follow the worms to put on a blackshirt to weed out the weaklings to smash in their windows and kick in their doors. for the final solution to strengthen the strain to follow the worms to turn on the showers and fire the ovens for the queens and the coons and the reds and the Jews to follow the worms Would you like to see Britania Rule again, my friend ? All you have to do is follow the worms Would you like to send our coloured cousins Home again, my friend ? All you need to do is follow the worms.

Stop.
Stop I wanna go home Take off this uniform And leave the show And I'm waiting in this cell Because I have to know Have I been guilty all this time.

The Trial.
Good morning Worm Your Honour 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 Honour 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 Should I go 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 away. Have you broken any Homes up lately ? "Just five minutes, Worm Your Honour 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 Honour 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 Crazy over the rainbow he is crazy The evidence before the court is Incontravertable, there's no need for The jury to retire In all my years of judging I have never heard before Of someone more deserving The full penalty of law The way you made them suffer Your exquisite wife and mother Fills me with the urge to defecate But my friend you have revealed your Deepest fear I sentance you to be exposed before Your peers Tear down The Wall !

Outside The Wall.
All alone, or in twos The ones who really love you Walk up and down outside the wall Some hand in hand 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 buggers' Wall