Lyrics for Under Construction An early working version of The Wall By Roger Waters 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 got some bad news for you sunshine Pink isn't well He's at home in his bed And they sent us along We're the surrogate band We're going to find out where you fans really stand The Thin Ice Mama loves her baby And daddy loves you too And the sea may look warm to you babe The sky may look blue Ooh-ooh-ooh, babe Ooh-ooh-ooh, baby blue Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh babe He's going away If you should go skating, boy On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you a house and a car And a trunk full of things for the wife And 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 Goodbye... goodbye! Another Brick In the Wall, Part One Daddy's gone across the ocean Leaving all her memories And an aftertaste of raw emotion Daddy what you leave behind for me? Daddy what you leave behind for me? All in all just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall The Happiest Days of our Lives When we grew up and went to school There was a certain teacher Who would hurt the children any way he could By pouring his derision Upon anything they did Exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids But in the town it was well known When he got home at night His psychopathic wife would crush him Within inches of his life Another Brick in the Wall, Part Two We don't need your education We don't need your crowd control Your dark sarcasm in the classroom Teacher leave the kids alone All in all you're 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 this song? Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls? Oooh... ah Mother, should I build a wall? Mother, do you think she's good enough... for me? Mother, do you think she's dangerous... for me? Mother, will she tear your little boy apart? Oooh... ah Mother, will she break my heart? 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 will keep baby cozy and warm Oooh, babe (babe, babe, babe, ooh babe) Oooh, baby Oooh, babe Of course Mama'll help you build the wall Oooh, babe, don't you cry Mama's gonna check out your girlfriends for you Mama won't let anyone dirty get through Mama's gonna burn all of your pornography She'll watch what you hear and she'll watch what you see Mamma will keep baby healthy and clean Oooh, babe Oo-ooh, babe Oooh, babe Mother's gonna clean up all your dreams Mother, did it need to be so high? Goodbye Blue Sky (sfx: clock ticking) Oo-oo-oo-ooh... Oo-oo-oo-ooh... Oo-oo-oo-ooh... Did, did, did, did you see the frightened ones? Did, did, did, did you hear the falling bombs? Did, did, did, 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? Oo-oo-oo-ooh... Oo-oo-oo-ooh... Did, did, did, did you see the frightened ones? Did, did, did, did you hear the falling (bombs?)* Did, did, did, 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? Goodbye blue sky Goodbye blue sky Goodbye [*assumed. Tape cuts out.] Empty Spaces, Part One What shall we use to fill the empty spaces Where she used to walk? How shall we fill the final places? How shall we complete the wall? Young Lust (Instrumental) One Of My Turns Groupie: "Oh my god! What a fabulous room! Gee, are these all your guitars? Wow! Look at that view. Can I just sit here for a while and take it in? Wow! Are you real? Real? [Lyrics begin.] Gee this little tape recorder is really neat. Is this Japanese? Hey, what's in here? Did your group ever come to this town before because I don't remember seeing you around here? Shall we get something to eat? Are you hungry? Are you hungry? Shall I order something on the telephone? Gee, you don't talk very much, do you? You English boys are so quiet. Are you feeling okay? Would you like me to get you something? Are you sure you're feeling okay? Would you like me to get you a glass of water? You don't look very well at all." Day after day Love turns gray Like the skin of a dying man Night after night We pretend it's all right But you have grown older And I have grown colder And nothing is very much fun anymore 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 bathroom In the suitcase on the left You'll find my felling axe Don't look so frightened This is just a passing phase Just one of my bad days ("Thank you!") 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 call the cops? Do you think it's time I stopped? Why are you running awaaaaaaaaaaay? 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 Oh, babe! Don't leave me now How could you go When you know how I need you (need you, need you...) To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night? Oh, babe! Don't leave me now How could you treat me this way? Running away Oooh, babe! Why are you running away? Oooh, babe... Oooh, babe... Oooh, babe... Oo-oo-oo-oh.... Empty Spaces, Part Two "Wee-ooh!" What shall we use to fill the empty spaces Where she used to walk? How shall we fill the final places? How shall we complete the wall? What Shall We Do Now? Shall we buy a new guitar? Shall we drive a more powerful car? Shall we work right through the night? Shall we get into fights? Leave the lights on? Drop bombs in the East? Contract diseases Bury treasure Store up Lights on Drop bombs in the East Contract diseases Bury treasure Store up Lights on Drop bombs in the East Contract diseases Bury treasure Store up leisure But never relax at all With our backs to the wall With our backs to the wall With our backs to the wall With our backs to the wall With our backs to the wall With our backs to the wall With our backs to the wall Backs to the wall Backs to the-- (cuts off) Another Brick In The Wall, Part Three I don't need your tongue to cut me I don't need no drugs to calm me I don't need your arms around me Don't think I need anything at all Don't think I need anything at all All in all you were Just another brick 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 cruel world There's nothing you can take from me Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Is There Anybody Out There? (Part 1) (Instrumental) Vera 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? Bring The Boys Back Home Bring the boys back home (spoken, as if imitating drums: "Choo-chika-choo-do!") Bring the boys back home ("Choo-chika-choom!") Don't leave the children on their own (oh... own) no more ("Choom-chika-choom!") Bring the boys back home! Is There Anybody Out There? (Part 2) Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there on your own Naked by the telephone ("Cha! Cha!") Casually leaning on the wall To stop you falling Waiting for the call Or the footsteps in the hall The knock on the door Cannot stem the sensation Of seemingly endless free fall Is There Anybody Out There? (Part 3) Oooh, ahhh Is there anyone out there? Is there anyone out there? Is there anyone out there? Oooh, ahhh Is there anyone out there? Is there anyone out there? Is there anyone out there? Do you sometimes get lonely at night? Oooh... are you out there tonight? Is there anyone out there? Is there anyone out there? Is there anyone out there? Comfortably Numb Hello... Is there anybody in there? Is anybody bleeding? Is there anyone at home? Come on... I know you're hiding I could hear you screaming when your neighbors Called me on the phone Listen... I am a physician And I can handle your condition Like a magician If you show me where it hurts (spoken, sounds like Roger in the studio: "Leave it alone.") 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 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 (guitar solo) I have become comfortably numb Wake up (light up)... Pull yourself together Get out and meet new people I'm sure they'll understand Come on... Put away the shotgun Yeah, have another blue one Have your fingertips gone numb? Goodbye, goodbye Try and see the bright side Listen to some punk groups Rock and roll Go out and see some shows (guitar solo) Go out and see some shows Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Bye! (Put up?) Bye! Hey You Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? 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 like me to carry the stone? Open your heart I'm calling your home Hey you, Out there in the cold Getting lonely Getting old Can you feel me? Hey you, Waiting in the line Do you worry all the time? Can you feel me? Hey you, Don't help them to bury the light Don't give in Without a fight (guitar solo) But it was only fantasy The wall was too high as you can see No matter how he tried he could not break free Of the chain 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 (we fall... we fall... we fall...) The Show Must Go On Ooh-ooh-ooh-ohh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ohh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ohh Ooh Ma Ooh Pa I must be slowing down Ooh Ma Ooh Pa Am I really on show (unsure)? Wide-eyed in the spotlight Fuck me What a nightmare Who's there? Have they all gone? It's okay Now you're in luck The worms have fled The Rising Sun Their evil power Is on the wane Forget the past And start again It was just a mistake I didn't mean to let them Take away my soul Am I too old? Is it too late? Ooh Ma Ooh Pa I must be slowing down Ooh Ma Ooh Pa I must be slowing down Ooh Ma In The Flesh So you thought you 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 pooves in the theatre tonight? Get 'em up against the wall There's one in the spotlight He don't look right to me Get 'im 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 (Instrumental) Waiting For The Worms "Ooooh! Ack-ack!" You cannot reach me now No matter how you try Goodbye cruel world It's over Walk on by Sitting in a bunker Here behind my wall Ooooh-ahhhh! 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 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 turn on the showers and fire the ovens Waiting! For the Queens and the Coons and the Reds and Jews Waiting! To follow the worms Did you want to see (Would you like to see...) Britannia rule again? (...us rule again?) My friend Ooooh-ahhhh! All you have to do is follow the worms Would you like to send (Would you like...) Our colored cousins home again? (...to send them home again?) My friend Ooooh-ahhhh! All you need to do is follow the worms ("Hammer! Hammer! Hammer!") Stop Stop! I wanna go home Take off my uniform and leave the show I'm waiting in this cell because I have to know (have to know... have to know... have to know...) Have I been guilty all this time? (time... time... time...) The Trial 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 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! ("Hammer! Hammer! Hammer! Hammer!") Crazy... toys in the attic I am crazy Truly gone fishing They must have taken my marbles away Crazy... toys in the attic He is crazy 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 Baa-aabe! Come to Mama, baby Let me hold you in my arms M'Lud I never wanted him to Get in any trouble Why'd he have to go and 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 Crazy... over the rainbow He is crazy 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 The full penalty of law But, my friends, he has Revealed his deepest fear I sentence him to be Exposed before his peers Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down-- Outside The Wall All alone or in twos The ones who really love you Walk up and down outside the wall Some side-by-side Some in Indian file The bleeding hearts and the artists Walk on by 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