Anaïs Mitchell - Why We Build the Wall lyrics

HADES Why we build the wall, my children, my children? Why do we build the wall? CROWD Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free HADES How does the wall keep us free, my children, my children? How does the wall keep us free? CROWD How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free HADES Who do we call the enemy, my children, my children? Who do we call the enemy? CROWD Who do we call the enemy? The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free HADES Because we have and they have not, my children, my children Because they want what we have got CROWD Because we have and they have not Because they want what we have got The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free HADES What do we have that they should want, my children, my children? What do we have that they should want? CROWD What do we have that they should want? We have a wall to work upon We have work and they have none And our work is never done My children, my children And the war is never won The enemy is poverty HADES & CROWD The wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free We build the wall to keep us free