Carving up the World Again... A Wall and Not a Fence

Album: Carry Fire (2017)
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  • The Russians, the Americans, the British and the French
    They're carving up the world again, it's getting kind of tense
    A whole lotta posture and very little sense
    It's no surprise they hide behind a wall and not a fence

    The Irish and the English and the Scottish and the Welsh
    A damp and misty history they keep it to themselves
    All lost in dark antiquity and smoldering descent
    Invisible division "behind wall and not a fence"

    Trouble at the border... in the eleventh hour
    Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
    Call up the cavalry and double the guard
    Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards

    In China they got worried... they built themselves a wall
    They built it big and long and tall... to keep away the hoard
    A hundred years of blood and toil... a million lives expend
    The steely grip of dynasty "behind a wall and not a fence"

    Trouble at the border... in the eleventh hour
    Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
    Call up the cavalry and double the guard
    Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards

    Emperors and Sultans, Kings and Presidents
    Dictators and ambassadors engaged in our defense
    A lifetime of great service, of selfless good intent
    Guaranteed immunity "behind a wall and not a fence"

    Trouble at the border... in the eleventh hour
    Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire
    Call up the cavalry and double the guard
    Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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