Verse 1] Empty desks in a fluorescent row Same old script that they already know Clock on the wall eating the day Kids learn the part they’re told to play Daddy’s gone and the silence grew Momma works while the system steals the view They stack the years like stones in a line Call it school, call it fine [Pre-Chorus] Fill the head, empty the name Turn the spark into a number and a frame [Chorus] We don’t need no programmed mind We don’t need no assembly line No cold correction in the hall Hey world — leave those kids alone All in all it’s just another brick in the wall All in all you’re just another brick in the wall [Verse 2] Screens glow brighter than the window light Truth gets graded, wrong gets quiet They teach the fear before they teach the fight Then wonder why the kids don’t look alive March in time, don’t ask the why The wall gets taller every time you try One more name carved into the stone One more voice they claim they own [Chorus] We don’t need no programmed mind We don’t need no assembly line No cold correction in the hall Hey world — leave those kids alone All in all it’s just another brick in the wall All in all you’re just another brick in the wall [Bridge] If they build it high enough You’ll forget there was a sky If they stack us deep enough We’ll forget we used to try [Final Chorus — bigger, choir] We don’t need no programmed mind We don’t need no assembly line No dark sarcasm, no control Hey teacher — leave those kids alone All in all it’s just another brick in the wall All in all you’re just another brick in the wall (Just another brick…) (Just another brick…)
