Higher Wall
(Sullivan/Harris)
We're out here on the borders
With our favourite few possessions
Trading stories whispered round the fire
As shadows in the searchlights
Mugshots in the files
Waiting in the camps behind the wire
Kick the door until it opens
What you have you cannot hold
We are young, forever hungry
You are fat and growing old
Still every day you try to build a higher wall
Still you try, try to build a higher wall
We pick the leaves of coca
We stack the crates of cola
We wait upon the tables where you dine
And learn from you not to accept
The little that we're given
To take the piece of silver where we can
Now clutching at these papers
In another office line
We're staring from the darkness
Up at windows filled with light
And every day you try to build a higher wall
Every day you try to build a higher wall
In my town we used to pray
To idols sent from far away
From out beyond the dusty days
We heard your voices call
And in your town the streets are cleaned
The order stands, the sirens scream
You talk of peace, vacation dreams
And reinforce the wall
Now in the queues at immigration
In the border zone
We are your bastard children
All coming home
And every day you try to build a higher wall
Every day you try to build a higher wall
And your money cannot stop us
And you violence cannot stop us
No you will never stop us with your higher wall