Billy Bragg - Why We Build the Wall - Tom Robinson Live Buxton Opera House, 21st January 2017 Lyrics

Lyrics Why We Build the Wall - Tom Robinson Live Buxton Opera House, 21st January 2017 - Billy Bragg



Why do we build the wall?
My children, my children
Why do we build the wall?
Why do we build the wall?
We build the wall to keep us free
That's why
We build the wall we build the wall
To keep us free
How does the wall keep us free?
My children, my children
How does the wall keep us free?
How does the wall keep us free?
The wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why
We build the wall we build the wall
To keep us free
Who do we call the ememy?
My children, my children
Who do we call the ememy?
Who do we call the ememy?
The enmy is poverty
And the wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why
We build the wall we build the wall
To keep us free
Because we have and they have not
My children, my children
Because they want what we have got
Because we have and they have not
The enemy is poverty
And the wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall
We build the wall to keep us free
What do we have that they should want?
My children, my children
What do we have that they should want?
What do we have that they should want?
We have a wall to work upon
We have work and they have none
And our work is never done
My children, my children
And the war is never won
The enemy is poverty
And the wall keeps out the enemy
And we build the wall to keep us free
That's why we build the wall
We build the wall to keep us free
We build the wall to keep us free



Writer(s): Anaïs Mitchell


Billy Bragg - Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983 - 2019
Album Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983 - 2019
date of release
20-09-2019

1 A New England - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983
2 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983
3 Love Gets Dangerous - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983
4 Like Soldiers Do - David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983
5 The Man in the Iron Mask - David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983
6 The Saturday Boy - David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983
7 A Lover Sings - John Peel Session, 18th September 1984
8 Between the Wars - John Peel Session, 18th September 1984
9 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea - Saturday Live, 13th October 1984
10 There Is Power in a Union - John Peel Session, 20th August 1985
11 Days Like These - John Peel Session, 20th August 1985
12 Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance - Janice Long Session, 18th December 1985
13 Greetings to the New Brunette - John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986
14 Ideology - John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986
15 The Warmest Room - John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986
16 She's Got a New Spell - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988
17 Valentine's Day Is Over - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988
18 The Short Answer - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988
19 Rotting on Remand - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988
20 The Few - John Peel Session, 12th May 1991
21 Accident Waiting to Happen - John Peel Session, 12th May 1991
22 Tank Park Salute - John Peel Session, 12th May 1991
23 Brickbat - John Peel Session, 13th October 1995
24 This Gulf Between Us - John Peel Session, 13th October 1995
25 Goal Hanger - John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997
26 The Boy Done Good - John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997
27 From Red to Blue - John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997
28 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty - Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999
29 It Says Here - Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999
30 Lonesome Traveller - John Peel Session, 8th December 2004
31 Goodbye, Goodbye - Phill Jupitus Live, 30th March 2007
32 Way over Yonder in the Minor Key - Bob Harris Live, 6th May 2012
33 No-One Knows Nothing Anymore - Latitude Festival Live, 18th July 2014
34 Levi Stubbs' Tears - Glastonbury Live, 26th June 2015
35 Why We Build the Wall - Tom Robinson Live Buxton Opera House, 21st January 2017
36 I Ain't Got No Home - Radio 2 Folk Awards Live, 5th April 2017
37 The Space Race Is Over - Tom Robinson Now Playing 'Billy Bragg Takeover', 14th July 2019
38 St. Swithin's Day - Tom Robinson Now Playing 'Billy Bragg Takeover', 14th July 2019




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