Like a madman I'm up in the morning
headin' for the walls of heartache
Working everyday, bringing home the pail of heartbreak

You look down and the walls get higher
They are built from the tears you're cryin
Oh, I got to bring it back
I'm workin' til the day I'm dyin, oh, yeah!

Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
I'm a carpenter of love and affection
Breaking down the walls of heartache, baby
Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears
And build you up a house of love

Breakin' down the walls of heartache
Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
Breakin' down the walls of heartache
Shakin' down the walls of heartache
Takin' down the walls of heartache, baby!
Takin' down the walls of heartache!
Shakin' down the walls of &quot;heartache!

Brick by brick, I'm tearin' them down, yeah

Alone at night, my neighbours hear me
Chip-chippin' at the walls of heartache.
Callin' out your name
Go with a pail of heartbreak

And your face is there before me
Hiding my unknown tomorrow
Your letter of goodbye
Is written on the walls of the heartache, oh yeah!

Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
I'm a carpenter of love and affection
Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears
And build you up a house of love
Yeah!

Breakin' down the walls of heartache (Yeah yeah, yeah!)
Shakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
Shakin' down the walls of heartache
Shakin' down the walls of heartache

Tearin' them down
Tearin' them down
Watch me baby
I'm a carpenter!
A carpenter of love
Love and affection
Brick by brick, tearing them down
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