These are difficult times we find ourselves in
Do we really risk all we have for it?
And you're a vision of time, she said
Well, you don't have any younger days left

A wise man once told me
That if we build it they will come

These are difficult times we find ourselves in
Do we really risk all we have for it?
And I'm a vision of time, I know
That I really gave all that I had for it

A wise man once told me
That if we build it they will come
And if we build it they will come

And tear our walls down
With no applause
Don't clap me out of the room
Don't clap me out of the room

These are difficult times we find ourselves in
That if we gave all we had for it
And there will be enough time, she said
Though all our younger days will stay till the end, I said

A wise man once told me
That if we build it they will come
And if we build it they will come
And when we build it they will come

And tear our walls down
With no applause
And we surrendor of all the walls
If you see me dancing to no applause
Then maybe it's curtains for me