[Verse 1] Come let us make bricks and burn them hard We'll build a city with a tower for the world And climb so we can reach anything we may propose Anything at all [Chorus] Build me up, tear me down Like a skyscraper Build me up, then tear down These joining walls So they can't climb at all [Verse 2] I know why you tore it down that day You thought, that if you got caught we'd all go away Like a spoiled little baby who can't come out to play You had your revenge [Chorus] Build me up, tear me down Like a skyscraper Build me up, then tear down These joining walls So they can't climb at all [Verse 3] Well madness reigned and paradise drowned When Babel's walls came crashing down Now the echoes roar for a story writ That was hardly understood And never any good [Chorus] Build me up, tear me down Like a skyscraper Build me up, then tear down These joining walls So they can't climb at all Build me up Build me up