Oh the voice of equality Hearsay's I find Put your money where your mouth is We're running out of time generation In a world of hurtful words I listened for a ring of truth But lies all I've heard Won't somebody tell me why we hurt one another? CHORUS: Tear down these walls Once and for all I'm trying to Tear down these walls Tear down walls Once and for all I'm crying No man's too great or small to Tear down these walls harsh blows, enough put-downs We're all one and the same You are all my brothers Though don't know you by name With drastic measures needed When ashes turn to tides Will stand up for each other? Or stand on separate Won't somebody tell me why we hurt one another? CHORUS Let's build a bridge and meet halfway And if we fall, we'll fall together I know there once was a dark day the past shouldn't linger on forever Can't we try to see with one eye In a world full of our people