[Verse 1]

Well, some people ain't no damn good

You can't trust 'em, you can't love 'em

No good deed goes unpunished

And I don't mind bein' their whipping boy

I've had that pleasure for years and years

No, no, I never was a sinner—tell me what else can I do?

Second-best is what you get 'til you learn to bend the rules

And time respects no person, and what you lift up must fall

They're waitin' outside to claim my crumblin' walls

[Pre-Chorus]

Saw my picture in the paper

Read the news around my face

And now some people don't wanna treat me the same

[Chorus]

When the walls come tumblin' down

When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls come tumblin', tumblin' down

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah

[Verse 2]

Well, some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy

I'm uneducated—my opinion means nothin'

But I know I'm a real good dancer

Don't need to look over my shoulder to see what I'm after

Everybody's got their problems—ain't no new news here

I'm the same old trouble you've been havin' for years

Don't confuse the problem with the issue, girl, it's perfectly clear

Just a human desire to have you come near

[Pre-Chorus]

Wanna put my arms around you

Feel your breath in my ear

You can bend me, you can break me

But you'd better stand clear

[Chorus]

When the walls come tumblin' down

When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin' down

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

When the walls come tumblin' down

When the walls come rumblin', rumblin'

When the walls (When the walls) come tumblin', tumblin' down, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]

Wanna put my arms around you

Feel your breath in my ear

You can bend me, you can break me

But you'd better stand clear

[Chorus]

When the walls come tumblin' down

When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin'

When the walls (When the walls) come tumblin' down

When the walls (When the walls) come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin'

When the walls (When the walls) come tumblin' down

When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin' (Down)

[Outro]

When the walls come tumblin' down

(Oh, yeah) When the walls