Why Do We Build The Wall? - Lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell - Hjp

Why Do We Build The Wall? From the musical Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell 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 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 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...