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They're Building A Wall - David Rovics

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1.(solo): They're building a wall
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A wall between friends A wall that justifies
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Any means for their ends A wall between Semites
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Rich and poor Brothers and sisters
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From not long before Many feet thick
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And twenty feet high No one can look through it
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And into the eye Of a person you might know
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To whom you might confide Now just a stranger
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On the other side

2. (women only): They're building a wall
Between water and land So we can eat fruit
And they can eat sand A wall to make sure
That our orchards will grow And our kids can get fat
And not need to know Of the cities in ruins
And the children in fear That your fathers and brothers
In tanks might be near A wall to keep quiet
That which you fear most So you don't have to listen
To your grandfather's ghost

3.(men only): They're building a wall Between future and past
A wall to keep distant The chambers of gas
From bulldozers, gunships And the tears of a child
Dignity, love And all honour defiled
To remove reality From your facts on the ground
A wall to keep distant The terrible sound
Of the houses that crumble And the children that die
A wall to keep separate The truth from the lie

4. (all): They're building a wall And at such a cost
Land, money and safety And all the lives lost
A wall made of brick But bricks can be broken
When the people of Zion Have finally awoken
And said no more walls No more refugees
No more keeping people Upon their knees
And the history books Will someday recall
Before apartheid was ended
They were building a wall