Lyrics Why We Build the Wall - Patrick Page & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
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
enemy
My
children,
my
children?
Who
do
we
call
the
enemy?
Who
do
we
call
the
enemy?
The
enemy
is
poverty
And
the
wall
keeps
out
the
enemy
And
we
build
the
wall
to
keep
us
free
That's
why
whe
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
Because
they
want
what
we
have
got
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
1 Road to Hell
2 Any Way the Wind Blows
3 Come Home with Me
4 Wedding Song
5 Epic I
6 Livin' it Up on Top
7 All I've Ever Known ("In spite of herself...") [Intro]
8 All I've Ever Known
9 Way Down Hadestown
10 A Gathering Storm
11 Epic II
12 Chant
13 Hey, Little Songbird
14 When the Chips are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake...") [Intro]
15 When the Chips are Down
16 Gone, I'm Gone
17 Wait for Me ("Hey, The big artiste...") [Intro]
18 Wait for Me
19 Why We Build the Wall
20 Our Lady of the Underground
21 Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)
22 Flowers
23 Come Home with Me (Reprise)
24 Papers (“You’re not from around here, son…”) [Intro]
25 Papers (Instrumental)
26 Nothing Changes
27 If it's True
28 How Long?
29 Chant (Reprise)
30 Epic III
31 Epic III (“They danced…”) [Instrumental]
32 Promises
33 Word to the Wise
34 His Kiss, The Riot
35 Wait for Me ("If you wanna walk out of hell...") [Intro] [Reprise]
36 Wait for Me (Reprise)
37 Doubt Comes In
38 Road to Hell (Reprise)
39 We Raise our Cups
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