Bigger Wall

The wall that stands beside your tulip tree Is cold and threatening to me I've seen you daring me to sit on it So you can come and shout at me You need a bigger wall You need a bigger wall You need a bigger wall to keep the neighbour's kids out The wall that crumbled into history Is there for everyone to see But soldiers crouching in a foreign land Will never ever quite believe You need a bigger wall You need a bigger wall You need a bigger wall so that the world keeps turning Higher than the mountains Higher than the eagle Higher than the eye can see I walk along the wall with heavy feet And see the strangers on both sides I shiver in the mist of ignorance And weep at civilising lies You need a bigger wall You need a bigger wall You need a bigger wall to keep the whole world out