The Wall - Music & Lyrics SL Miller

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Chorus

They built a wall beside the river

There’s a wall, with their names etched in the marble

To commemorate that day, their souls may be gone

But their memories will stay… there on the wall

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Verse 1

We were leaving Wellington, heading back down South

I said goodbye to all my friends that day…  

When a call from someone said, have you heard the news

There’s been another quake and the spire has come down 

I raced home to watch it on TV

My heart was devastated to watch my home town fall

Rubble and souls in the street

I cried as I watched, people’s faces

Waiting for signs of their family

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Chorus

They built a wall beside the river

There’s a wall, with their names etched in the marble

To commemorate that day, their souls may be gone

But their memories will stay… there on the wall

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Verse 2

A hundred and eighty five, people died that day

It was luchtime at twelve fifty one.

Mid summer now, people having fun

But mother nature took it all away

She wasn’t holding anything back at all

Now that I’m here, things don’t feel clear

My childhood ripped out from underneath

Each day I walk to work, and all I see

Are there names, staring back at me

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Chorus

They built a wall beside the river

There’s a wall, with their names etched in the marble

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Bridge

They built a wall beside the river

There’s a wall, with their names etched in the marble

To commemorate that day… their souls may be gone

But their memories will stay…. there on the wall

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