Like a madman I'm up in the morning Headin' for the walls of heartache Working everyday, bringing home a/the pail of heartbreak You look down and the walls are higher* They are built from the tears you're cryin Oh, I got to bring it back I'm workin' til the day I'm dyin (oh, yeah!) Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby I'm a carpenter of love and affection! Breaking down the walls of heartache, baby Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears And build you up a house of love Yeah! Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Brick by brick, I'm tearin' them down! Yeah, lonely night, my name is given(?) Chip-chippin' at the walls of heartache
Callin' out your name Go with a pail of heartbreak And the faces there before me Writing on and no tomorrow? Your letter of goodbye Is written on the walls of the heartache Oh yeah! Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby I'm a carpenter of love and affection Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears And build you up a house of love Yeah! Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby. (Yeah yeah!) Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Shakin' down the walls of heartache! Tearin' them down Tearin' them down Watch me baby! I'm a carpenter! A carpenter of love! Love and affection! Brick by brick, tearing them down!