It's been a long wait now, 1945 Lot of people've paid for it with their lives Those people have risked it, to unite their blood To tear it down, if only they could Chorus: Tearing down the wall Got to see it fall Strength of Europe's people, gave reds their ( ? ) Now Europe starts to hear, its people's cries The Allies are playing with European blood It seems like a game of chess, from where I'm stood (Repeat Chorus) Middle Eight: We're tearing, yeah tearing, tearing down the wall Got to, got to, we've got to see it fall We're tearing, we're tearing, tearing down the wall We've got to, we've got to, we've got to see it fall It's been there for too long, try to tear it down Lots of Marxist strongholds all around European people, should reign in peace Not be controlled by the terror from the East (Repeat Chorus) x2