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STUDIO ALBUM

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THE WALL 2
PARTE 2
  1. hey you

  2. Is There Anybody Out There?

  3. Nobody Home

  4. vera

  5. Bring The Boys Back Home

  6. Comfortably Numb

  7. The Show Must Go On

  8. In The Flesh

  9. Run Like Hell

  10. Waiting For The Worms

  11. stop

  12. The Trial

  13. Outside The Wall

Foto Ruta Floyd

DAVID GILMOUR - Voice and Guitar

ROGER WATERS - Voice and Bass.

RICHARD WRIGHT -  Keyboards

NICK MASON - Drums and Percussion

 

PRODUCER - Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin and James Guthrie

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ENGINEER - James Guthrie, Nick Griffiths, Patrice Quef, Brian

Christian, Rick Hart, and John McClure

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STUDIOS - Brittania Row Studios, CBS Studios, Producers 

Workshop, Studio Miraval and Super Bear

 

Posted on November 30, 1979

HEY YOU (Waters)

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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 you 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, standing 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.

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Hey you! out there in the cold 

Staying alone, getting old, 

can you feel me? 

Hey you! the one standing in the hallway 

With sore feet and withered smiles, 

can you feel me? 

Hey you! don't help them bury the light 

Don't give up without a fight 

Hey you! out there, just 

Sitting naked by the phone, 

Do you want to touch me? 

Hey you! with your ear against the wall 

Waiting for someone to call, 

Do you want to touch me? 

Hey you! Want to help me  

to carry the stone? 

Open your heart, I'm coming home.

But it was just fantasy.

The wall was too high

As you can see.

It doesn't matter, he tried

couldn't break free

And the worms ate his brain

Hey you! out there on the street

Always doing what you're told

you can help?

Hey you! out there on the other side of the wall

Breaking bottles in the lounge

you can help?

Hey you! do not tell me that

there is no hope

Together we stand, divided we fall.

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IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? (Waters)

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Is there anybody out there?

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Is there anybody out there?

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NOBODY HOME  (Waters)

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I've got a little black book

with my poems in.

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

keepin my shoes on.

Got those swollen hand blues.

Got thirteen channels of shit

on the TV to choose from.

I've got electric light.

And I've got second sight.

And 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 mandatory 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

There's still nobody home

I`ve got a pair of Gohills boots

And I`ve got fading roots. 

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I have a little black book

with my written poems

I have a bag with a toothbrush

and a comb inside

When I'm a good dog, sometimes

they throw a bone in me

I have rubber bands

holding my shoes

I have sadness for those swollen hands

I have thirteen fucking channels

to choose on the television

I have electric light

And I have a second vision

I have amazing powers of observation

And that's how I know

when i try to contact

with you on the phone

That there will be no one home.

I've got the permanent Hendrix-style obligatory

And the inevitable needle's eye burns

In front of my favorite satin shirt

I have nicotine stains on my fingers

I have a silver spoon on a chain

I have a grand piano for

place my mortal remains

I have wild piercing eyes

I have a strong desire to fly

But I have nowhere to fly

Ooooh baby, when I pick up the phone

There's still no one home

I have a pair of Gohills boots

And I have withered roots. 

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VERA (Waters)

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Does anyone 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 here

Feel the way I do?

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Does anyone remember Vera Lynn?

Do you remember that he said that

we would meet again

some sunny day

You will see! You will see!

What happened with you?

anyone else here

Do you feel the same as me?

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BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME  (Waters)

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Bring the boys back home.

Bring the boys back home.

Don't leave the children on their own.

Bring the boys back home.

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bring the boys back home

bring the boys back home

Don't leave the children alone

Bring the boys home.

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COMFORTABLY NUMB  (Waters, Gilmour)

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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.

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.

ÇNow 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.

okay

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 can't put my finger on it now

The child is grown,

The dream is gone.

I have become

Comfortably numb.

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Hello...?

Anyone there?

Nod your head if you can hear me

Is there someone at home?

Come on,

I heard that you feel bad

I can ease your pain

And get back on your feet

Just relax.

I will need some information first

Just the basic facts

Can you show me where it hurts?

There's no pain, it's subsiding

A distant ship smokes on the horizon

You're going through it in waves

Your lips move but

i can't hear what you say

When I was a child I had a fever

My hands felt like two balloons

Now I have that feeling again

I can't explain it, you wouldn't understand

that's not how i am

I have become placidly numb.

okay

Just a little prick

There will be no more aaaaaah!

But you may feel somewhat dizzy

You can stand up?

I think it's working, very good

That will keep you on your feet

during the show

Come on, it's time to go.

There's no pain, it's subsiding

A distant ship smokes on the horizon

You're going through it in waves

your lips move

but i can't hear what you say

When I was a kid

I caught a quick glimpse

From the corner of my eye

I turned to look but it was gone

I can't put my finger on it now

the child has grown

The dream has vanished

and I have stayed

Placidly insensitive.

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THE SHOW MUST GO ON  (Waters)

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Ooooh, Ma, Oooh Pa

Must the show go on?

Ooooh, Pa. Take me home

Ooooh, Ma. Let me go

Do I have to stand up

Wild eyed in the spotlight?

What a nightmare, why

Don`t I turn an 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. 

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Ooooh mama, ooooh papa

Is the show to go on?

Ooooh daddy take me home

Ooooh mama let me go

do i have to stand

With the eyes popping out in the spotlight?

What a nightmare!

Why don't I turn around and run?

there must be some mistake

I had no intention of leaving them

steal my soul

I am too old?

It's too late?

Ooooh mama, ooooh papa

Where has the feeling gone?

Ooooh mama, ooooh papa

Will I remember the songs?

The show must go on. 

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IN THE FLESH (Waters)

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I'm already

Thought already

might like

Go to the show.

To feel that 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 folks really stand.

Are there any queers in the theater tonight?

Get them up against the wall!

There's one in the spotlight,

he don't look right to me,

Get him up against the wall!

That one looks jewish!

And that one's a coon!

Who let all of 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!

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So

I thought

would you like to go

to the show

to feel the warm shiver

of confusion

That space cadet shine

I have bad news for you dear

Pink is not well, she stayed in the hotel

And they sent us there as a substitute band

and we are going to find out which side

are you really

Is there a fag in the room tonight?

Stand them up against the wall

There's one there, in the spotlight

He doesn't look at me well

Stand him up against the wall

that one looks jewish

and that is a black

who let in

to all this scoundrel in the room?

There's one smoking a joint

and another with spots

If they let me do it,

I would order you all to be shot.

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RUN LIKE HELL  (Waters,Gilmour)

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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 bill rising from your guilty past.

With your nerves in tatters

When the cockleshell

shatters

and the hammers batter

Down the door.

You'd better run.

You better run like hell

You better run all day

And run all night.

Keep your dirty feelings

Deep inside.

And if you're taking your girlfriend

out tonight

You'd 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.

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You better run like hell

You better do your face makeup

with your favorite mask

With your buttoned lips

And your eyes like blinds

with your empty smile

and your hungry heart

Feel the bile rise

from your guilty past

With your nerves made of dust

When the cockle shell

breaks into pieces

and the hammers

they break down the door

You better run like hell

You better run all day

That you run all night

And save your dirty feelings

Well inside of you

And if you go out with your girlfriend

tonight

You better park the car

well out of sight

Cause if you get caught in the back seat

Trying to pull her hair

They are going to send you to your mother

in a carton

You better run.

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WAITING FOR THE WORMS  (Waters)

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Ooooh, you can't 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.

 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 queens 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. 

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Ooooh you can't reach me now

Ooooh no matter how hard you try

Goodbye Cruel World,

It's over.

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 the weeds

Waiting to clean up the city

Waiting for the worms to come

Waiting to put on a black shirt

Waiting to prune the weak branches

Waiting to smash your windows

And kick open their doors

waiting for the final solution

To strengthen the pressure

Waiting to follow the worms

Waiting for the showers to open

And turn on the ovens

Waiting for the fagots, and for the blacks

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 to follow the worms

would you like to send

to our black cousins

To your home again, my friend?

all you have to do

is to follow the worms. 

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STOP  (Waters)

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Stop!

I wanna go home

Take off this uniform

And leave the show.

But I'm waiting in this cell

Because I have to know.

Have I been guilty all this time?

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For!

I want to go home

take off this uniform

and leave the show

And I'm waiting in this cell

because i have to know

If I have been guilty all this time.

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THE TRIAL (Waters, Ezrin)

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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.

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 defendant'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

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

Of the full penalty of law.

The way you made them suffer,

Your exquisite wife and mother,

Fills me with the urge to defecate! 

Since, my friend, you have revealed your

deepest fear,

I sentence you to be exposed before 

Your peers.

Tear down the wall!

Tear down the wall!

Tear down the wall!

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Good morning, Your Honor Worm

The crown will clearly show that

The prisoner who now appears before you

He was caught red-handed

showing feelings

showing feelings

almost human in nature

that's not good at all

Call the school teacher.

I always said that it would come to nothing good

After all, your honor

If they had let me do it

I could have put him in the waist

But my hands were tied

The romantics and the artists

Let him escape as a murderer

Let me hammer you today.

Crazy,

toys in the attic

I'm crazy

They must have taken my brains.

Crazy, toys in the attic, he's crazy.

Call the defendant's wife.

You little shit are fucked now

I hope they throw the key away

you should have me

spoken most often

Of what you did, but nothing, you had to

Do what you wanted.

You have broken

any home lately?

Let us your honor

five minutes nothing more

Just him and me.

Little guy

Come with your mommy, sweetheart,

let me take you in my arms

I never wanted it to be

get in no trouble

Why did you ever have to leave me?

Now, your honor, let me take it home.

Crazy.

About the rainbow, I'm crazy.

bars on the windows

There must be a door in the wall.

when i entered

Crazy, over the rainbow, he's crazy.

The evidence before the court is

Indisputable, it is not necessary that

the jury retires

In all my years of judging

I had never heard of

no one who deserves more

The full punishment of the law.

The way you made me suffer

To your exquisite wife and mother

It fills me with a desire to defecate

But, my friend, you have revealed

deepest fear

And I sentence you to be exposed before

your peers

Tear down the wall!

Tear down the wall!

Tear down the wall!. 

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OUTSIDE THE WALL  (Waters)

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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 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.

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All alone, or two by two

The ones who really love you

They walk up and down, outside the wall

some hand in hand

Others joining in bands

The romantics and the artists

they get strong.

And when they've given you all of theirs

Some stagger and fall

After all, it's not easy

beat your heart

against some crazy guy's wall.

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