Walls

Walls, high and low Thick and thin They keep you out, they keep you in Walls narrow and wide Round the square with warning signs "Watch out", "Beware" Brick by brick they built them but it seems to me Brick by brick they built them where they shouldn't be We should be building bridges to a better day Where no walls would stand in the way Walls here and there, everywhere In every city, every town we would have that better day If all the walls came tumbling down Brick by brick at times they're of a different kind Brick by brick they built around the heart and mind Sometimes lasting longer than the walls that are made of stone Keeping us apart and alone These are walls that we don't see But we built between the you and me Made of broken dreams and wounded feelings that go on Like walls we wish to go away Could we have ourselves that better day If we took the chance to simply say that we forgive And then we forget they'd be gone Oh walls here and there, everywhere In every city, every town we would have that better day If all the walls came tumbling down