if the wall it goes up and the country comes down and its too tall to get in too late to get out and the beaches have barbed wire across every shore would you lay down your gun then you wont need it no more if the wall it goes up would the thing ever fall will it stand there forever long after were gone as a tombstone for freedom in a world that went wrong as a remind of just how far we havent come if the wall it goes up will the temperature drop will the oil rigs that litter this land get pulled up will we find some wild new way to save where were at would you do it no i doubt it wheres the money in that if the wall it goes up and youre stuck here inside and caught with skin color some lawmen dont like will they beat you with the same bars they throw you behind if it was you would you resist give in or just hide if the wall it goes up and theres no need to leave could i get all i want from the number on the screen if i dial 1 800 will you bring it to me straight to my couch the american dream if the wall it goes up and your jesus comes back and he knocks on the door will you stand to attack if he dont have his papers and he dont have much cash would you take him in jail him or just send him back if the wall it gets built will i get rich like you can i buy me a fake wife and a ghostwriter too and a rolls royce to drive down each broke avenue smiling fat on my high horse through a ghetto so gloom if the wall it goes up around the idiot king and a new joan of arc rises against his name will you stand there beside her burn her at the stake or glance at it there on the news the next day if the wall it gets built like the walls built before will we be forced to take sides in a new civil war where its east vs west vs south vs north versus people with money versus people so poor if the wall it goes up do you think it could stop the bombs coming in from countries you pissed off with your big mouth blowing up like the 4th of july shut it donald shut it please man we dont want to die but if the wall it stays down and the people stay free and its not quite as bad as you said it would be what if i let you be you and you let me be me its a song before the wall for all us to sing its a song before the wall for all us to sing2