Rick Springfield Lyrics
"Tear It All Down"

I walk through the streets of my old town
Trying to remember all the feelings
But the only feeling was that something sweet had come and gone
For everyone

There's factories in the fields where we used to run
Smoke in the sky that blocks out the sun
There's a hard day coming for us daughters and sons
Wake up

Some things are gonna change (Tear It All down)
And starting here and now (Let it all burn)
So many souls in pain (Tear It All Down)
Too many hearts in doubt (We're never gonna learn)

All of the treasures we own, God bless the house, the car and the T.V.
They built us a prison without any locks.
And meanwhile the men who claim God on their side
Spit out their message and sell me a ride
While we look for idols inside a fashion magazine

Things are gonna change (Tear It All down)
And starting here and now (Let it all burn)
So many souls in pain (Tear It All Down)
Too many hearts in doubt (We're never gonna learn)
There's a wall to keep's us in (Tear It All Down)
And walls to keep us out (Let it all burn)
Too many souls in pain (Tear It All Down)
Too many hearts in doubt (We're never gonna learn)

Lying naked here in the shrine of your embrace (..your embrace)
We touch the burning cauldron to your angel's face (..angel's face)

I look at my boy as he sleeps, an innocent facing the lions
I wish there was some way I could talk to my father again

There's a bomb in the schoolhouse, wired to the face of the clock
In the face of disaster we stand like a rock
You can't want you're children to pay for your sins
Wake up

Some things are gonna change (Tear It All Down)
Some things are gonna fall (Tear It All Down)
We can't go back again (Tear It All Down)
With backs against the wall (Tear It All Down)

There's a wall to keep us in (Tear It All Down)
There's a wall to keep us out (Let it all burn)
Too many souls in pain (Tear It All Down)
Too many hearts in doubt (We're never gonna learn)

Some things are gonna change (Tear It All down)
And starting here and now (Let it all burn)
So many souls in pain (Tear It All Down)
Too many hearts in doubt (We're never gonna learn)
There's a wall to keep us in (Tear It All Down)
And walls to keep us out (Let it all burn)
Too many souls in pain (Tear It All Down)
Too many hearts in doubt (We're never gonna learn)

(...echo-fade)