Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache by Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon lyrics
UPDATE: Updated lyrics can be found here.
Another public service, because these lyrics aren't on the net as far as I can tell. Please comment if you suggestions/corrections. I know I don't have them right in a couple places.
Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache
By Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon
Like a madman I'm up in the morning,
headin' for the walls of heartache.
Working everyday, bringing home a/the pail of heartbreak.
You look down and the walls are 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.
Yeah!
Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!
Brick by brick, I'm tearin' them down!
Yeah, lonely night, my name is given(?)
Chip-chippin' at the walls of heartache.
Callin' out your name.
Go with a pail of heartbreak
And the faces there before me,
writing on and no 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, baby. (Yeah yeah!)
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!
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!
*Update: "You look down and the walls are higher" suggested by Anonymous on 4/13/2005
9 comments:
Hi,
after houres of listening to the record the "unintelligible bit" is
"You look down and the walls are higher"
Cant figure out the "given" bit though
Cool, thanks for the suggestion. I'll update the lyrics.
Hi,
bit of a change where it says "walls are higher" it's "walls GET higher"
We'll get it all soon!
Hi new update
"Yeah, lonely night, my name is given(?)"
should be
"Yeah, all long the night, my neighbours hear me"
Have we cracked it?
One of my favourite records of all time this.
Missed this on the chorus
"Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!
Shakin' down the walls of "heartache!
"Breakin' down the walls of heartache!
Takin' down the walls of heartache, baby!
Takin' down the walls of heartache!
Shakin' down the walls of "heartache!"
Another chage
"Yeah, all long the night,"
"Yeah, alone at night,"
I tink thats it!
Ok, thanks. I'll update it later and repost the "finished" lyrics. Thanks for all your help. Cheerio!
any body got the chords? starts easy but then I lose it....
From the Dexy's cover version, no idea if the lyrics are the same throughout
Like a madman I'm up in the morning,
headin' for the walls of heartache.
Working everyday, bringing home the pay of heartbreak
.......
......
Brick by brick, gonna tear it down
Oh, your loneliness has made the ceiling
And keeping up the walls of heartache
(unintelligable line)
You're drowning in a sea of heartbreak
........
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