Pink Floyd
THE WALL



In the Flesh?
The Thin Ice
Another Brick in the Wall (I)
The Happiest Days of our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall (II)
Mother
Goodbye Blue Sky
Empty Spaces
What Shall We Do Now? (Empty Spaces. Lyric Sheet Version)
Young Lust
One of my Turns
Don't Leave Me Now
Another Brick in the Wall (III)
Goodbye Cruel World
Hey You
Is There Anybody Out There?
Nobody Home
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb
The Show Must go On
The Show Must go On (Lyric Sheet Version)
In the Flesh
Run Like Hell
Waiting for the Worms
Stop
The Trial
Outside the Wall

In the Flesh?

["...we came in?"]

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'd like/[you wanna] find out what's behind these cold eyes
You'll just have to claw your way through the/[this]
Disguise

["Lights! Roll the sound effects! Action!"
"Drop it, drop it on 'em! Drop it on them!!!!!"]


The Thin Ice

Momma loves her baby
And daddy loves you too
And the sea may look warm to you babe
And the sky may look blue
But ooooh babe
Ooooh baby blue
Oooooh babe

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

["One, Two, Three" whistle]
["Hey!"]


The Happiest Days of our Lives

["You! Yes, you! Stand still laddy!"]
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children anyway they could
["OOF!" (someone being hit)]
By pouring their derision
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
Psychopathic 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[m] kids alone
Hey teacher leave [us]/them kids alone
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall

[
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher leave us kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
]

["Wrong, Do it again! (repeating)"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!"]


Mother

["Hoooo" (exhale)]
Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb
Mother do you think they'll like the/[this] song
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls
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
Mother am I really dying / [Ma, is it just a waste of time]
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/[Mama's gonna] keep baby cozy and warm
Ooooh Babe ooooh Babe oooooh Babe
Of course mama'll/[mama's gonna] help to build the wall.

[
Mother do you think she's good enough -- for me
Mother do you think she's dangerous -- to me
Mother will she tear your little boy apart
Mother will she break my heart
]

Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mama's gonna check out all your girl friends for you
Mama wont let anyone dirty get through
Mama's gonna wait up till/[until] you get in
Mama will always find out where
You've been
Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooooh Babe oooh Babe oooh Babe
You'll always be baby to me
Mother did it need to be so high?


Goodbye Blue Sky

["Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky"]

Ooooooo ooo ooo oooooh
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
Unfurled beneath a/[the] clear blue sky
Ooooooo ooo ooo oooooh
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
[Goodbye]

["The 11:15 from Newcastle is now approaching"
"The 11:18 arrival...."]


Empty Spaces

[backwards message:
"Congratulations, You have just discovered the secret message.
Please send your answer to 'Old Pink',
Care of the funny farm, Chalfont..." - Roger
(-interrupted-)
"Roger, Caroline's on the phone..." - Unknown Voice]

What shall we use to fill the empty
spaces where we used to talk
How shall I fill the final places
How shall/[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?
Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman
ooooOoooh I need a dirty girl

Will some cold/[] woman in this desert land
Make me feel like a real man
Take this rock and roll refugee
Oooh babe set me free

Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman
Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl
[Ooooooooh I need a dirty woman
Ooooooooh I need a dirty girl]

[Phone rings... Clunck of receiver being lifted]
"Hello...?"
"Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd.
Will you accept the charges from United States?"
[clunk! of phone being put down]
"Oh, He hung up! That's your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up?
Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to answer?"
[Phone rings again...clunk of receiver being picked up]
"Hello?"
"This is United States calling, are we reaching...
[interrupted by phone being put down]
"See he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering."
[whirr of connection being closed]


One of My Turns

["Oh my God! What a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?
[Film in background: "I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to startle you!]
"This place is bigger than our apartment!
[Film: "Let me know when you're entering a room"
"Yes sir!"]
"erm, Can I get a drink of water?
[Film: "I was wondering about..."]
"You want some, huh?"
[Film: "Yes"]
"Oh wow, look at this tub? Do you wanna take baaaath?"
[Film: "I'll have to find out from Mrs. Bancroft what time she wants to
meet us, for her main..."]
"What are watching?"
[Film: "If you'll just let me know as soon as you can ... Mrs. Bancroft"
"Mrs. Bancroft..."]
"Hello?"
[Film: "I don't understand..."]
"Are you feeling okay?..."

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 favorite 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'ya?]
Would you like to see me try?
[Oooh, no!]
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

Ooooh 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
Ooooh 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
Ooooh Babe
[Don't leave me now]
How could/[can] you treat me this way
Running away
I need you babe / [oooooooh babe]
Why are you running away?
Ooooooh Babe!


Another Brick in the Wall Part 3

[Sound of many TV's coming on, all on different channels]
"The Bulls are already out there"
Pink: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!"
"This Roman Meal bakery thought you'd like to know."

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?

[Click of TV being turned on]
"Well, only got an hour of daylight left. Better get started"
"Isn't it unsafe to travel at night?"
"It'll be a lot less safe to stay here.
You're father's gonna pick up our trail before long"
"Can Loca ride?"
"Yeah, I can ride... Magaret, time to go! Maigret, thank you for everything"

Is there anybody out there?
"Goodbye Chenga"
"Goodbye miss..."
Is there anybody out there?
"I'll be back"
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?


Nobody Home

"Alright, I'll take care of them part of the time, but there's somebody
else that needs taking care of in Washington"
"Who's that?"
"Rose Pilchitt!"
"Rose Pilchitt? Who's that?"
[Kid screams in background. foreground: "Shut Up!"]
"36-24-36 [laughter] does that answer your question?"
[foreground: "Oi! I've got a little black book with me poems in!"]
"...Who's she?"
"She was 'Miss Armoured Division' in 1961..."
"...How'd you get to meet her?..."

I've got a little black book with my poems in
I've/[] got a bag with a 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] Got thirteen 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 favorite satin shirt
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers
I've got a silver spoon on a chain
I've/[] 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 got nowhere to fly to
Ooooh, Babe when I pick up the phone
"Surprise, surprise, surprise..." (from Gomer Pyle show)
There's still nobody home
I've got a pair of Gohills boots
and I've got fading roots

"Where the hell are you?"
"Over 47 german planes were destroyed with the loss of only 15 of our own aircraft"
"Where the hell are you Simon?"
[Machine gun sound, followed by plane crashing]


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
Bring the boys back home
Don't leave the children on their own
Bring the boys back home

"Wrong! Do it again!"
"Time to go! [knock, knock, knock, knock]
"Are you feeling okay?"
"There's a man answering, but he keeps hanging up!"

Is there anybody out there?


Comfortably Numb

Hello,
Is there anybody in there
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now,
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
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 pinprick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
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

Ooooh Ma, Oooh Pa
Must the show go on?
Ooooh, Pa. Take me home
Ooooh, 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?

Ooooh Ma, Ooooh Pa,
Where has the feeling gone?
Ooooh Ma, Ooooh 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
We're gonna find out where you fans
Really stand
Are there any queers in the theater 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

"Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd"

Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run.
(You better run like hell)
You better make your face up in
Your favorite 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 cockleshell shatters
And the hammers batter
Down the door
You better run

Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run.
You better sleep all day
And run all night
And keep your dirty feelings
Deep inside. And if you're
Taking your girlfriend
Out tonight
You better park the car
Well out of sight
Cause if they catch you in the back seat
Trying to pick her locks
They're gonna send you back to mother
In a cardboard box
You better run

"Hey, open up! HaHaHaHaHaaaaaaaaaa!
[sound of car skidding, followed by loud scream]
"Hammer, Hammer"


Waiting for the Worms

"Eins, swei, drei, alle!"

Ooooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooooh, 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

We're {waiting to succeed} and going to convene outside Brixton
Town Hall where we're going to be...

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 follow the worms
Waiting to turn on the showers
And fire the ovens
Waiting for the queers and the coons
and the reds and the Jews
Waiting to follow the worms
Would you like to see Britannia
Rule again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms
Would you like to send our colored cousins
Home again, my friend?
All you need to do is follow the worms.

The Worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station. We'll be moving
along at about 12 o'clock down Stockwell Road {....
......} {Abbot's Road } {.....} twelve minutes
to three we'll be moving along Lambeth Road towards Vauxhall Bridge.
Now when we get to the other side of Vauxhall Bridge we're in
Westminster {Borough } area. It's quite possible we may encounter
some {.....} by the way we go. {... ..}."


Stop

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


The Trial

Good morning! A 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
Call the schoolmaster!

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?

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.

[Call the Defendent's wife!]
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.

Baaaaaaaaaabe!
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 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
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!

"Hey Judge! Shit on him!"

Since, my friend, you have revealed your
Deepest fear,
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers.
Tear down the wall!


Outside the Wall

All alone, or in two's,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall
Some hand in hand
And 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 bugger's wall.

"Isn't this where...."


What Shall We Do Now? (Empty Spaces)

What shall we use to fill the empty space
Where waves of hunger roar
Shall we set out across this sea of faces
In search of more and more applause
Shall we buy a new guitar
Shall we drive a more powerful car
Shall we work straight through the night
Shall we get into fights
Leave the lights on
Drop bombs
Do tours of the east
Contract disease
Bury bones
Break up homes
Send flowers by phone
Take to drink
Go to shrinks
Give up meat
Rarely sleep
Keep people as pets
Train dogs
Race rats
Fill the attic with cash
Bury treasure
Store up leisure
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall


The Show Must Go On

Ooooh Ma, Oooh Pa
Does the show have to go on?
Ooooh, Pa. Take me home
Ooooh, Ma. Let me go

Do I have to stand up
Wild eyed on the spotlight
What a nightmare Why
Don't I turn and run
There must be some mistake
I didn't mean to let them
Take away my soul
Am I too old, is it too late?

Ooooh Ma, Ooooh Pa,
Where has the feeling gone?
Ooooh Ma, Ooooh Pa,
Will I remember the songs?
The show must go on.