Crumblin' Down

Album: Uh-Huh (1983)
Charted: 9
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  • Some people ain't no damn good
    You can't trust 'em, you can't love 'em
    No good deed goes unpunished
    And I don't mind being their whipping boy
    I've had that pleasure for years and years
    No, no I never was a sinner
    Tell me, what else can I do?
    Second best is what you get
    'Til you learn to bend this rules
    Time respects no person
    And what you lift up must fall
    They're waiting outside to claim my crumblin' walls

    Saw my picture in the paper
    Read the news around my face
    And now some people don't want to treat me the same

    When the walls come tumblin' down
    When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'
    When the walls come tumblin', tumblin' down
    Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yea-yeah, yeah

    Well, some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy
    I'm uneducated, my opinion means nothin'
    But I know I'm a real good dancer
    Don't need to look over my shoulder to see what I'm after
    Everybody's got their problems, ain't no new news here
    I'm the same old trouble you've been having for years
    Don't confuse the problem with the issue, girl
    It's perfectly clear
    Just a human desire to have you come near

    Want to put my arms around you
    Feel your breath in my ear
    You can bend me, you can break me
    But you better stand clear

    When the walls come tumblin' down
    When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'
    When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'
    Crumblin', tumblin' down

    When the walls come tumblin' down
    When the walls come rumblin', rumblin'
    When the walls (when the walls)
    Come tumblin', tumblin' down, yeah

    Wanna put my arms around you
    Feel your breath in my ear
    You can bend me, you can break me
    But you'd better stand clear

    When the walls come tumblin' down
    When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'
    When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'
    Crumblin', tumblin'
    When the walls (when the walls)
    Come tumblin' down
    When the walls (when the walls)
    Come crumblin', crumblin'
    When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'
    Crumblin', tumblin'
    When the walls (when the walls)
    Come tumblin' down
    When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'
    When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'
    Crumblin', tumblin' down Writer/s: George Green, John Mellencamp
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Kristina Powell from Conway ArkansasI'm ready to tear down the wall
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