Across the ocean theres a wall A thousand miles long They built it many years ago, and made it high and strong And all around the world, we build walls around our minds And if they wernet built so strong, we tear them down in time Yes we've heard it all before Like the beating of a drum And if we open up the door Someday peace will come We must find a way to build a tower from a stone And then we'd never have to say we've heard it all before. And you can read it in the news Out in the city streets People going to sleep each night, without enough to eat And if we took a little less, and gave a little more Then we never would forget, we've heard it all before. Yes we've heard it all before Like the beating of a drum And if we open up the door Someday peace will come We must find a way to build a tower from a stone And then we'd never have to say we've heard it all before.