[Verse 1]I recall when I was smallHow I spent my days aloneThe busy world was not for meSo I went and found my ownI would climb the garden wallWith a candle in my handI'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand[Verse 2]On the stone an ancient handIn a faded yellow-greenMade alive a worldly wonderOften told but never seenNow and ever bound to laborOn the sea and in the skyEvery man and beast appearedA friend as real as I[Chorus]Before the fall when they wrote it on the wallWhen there wasn't even any HollywoodThey heard the callAnd they wrote it on the wallFor you and me we understood[Verse 3]Can it be this sad designCould be the very sameA wooly man without a faceAnd a beast without a nameNothin' here but historyCan you see what has been done?Memory rush over meNow I step into the sun[Chorus]Before the fall when they wrote it on the wallWhen there wasn't even any HollywoodThey heard the callAnd they wrote it on the wallFor you and me we understood[Instrumental Break][Chorus]Before the fall when they wrote it on the wallWhen there wasn't even any HollywoodThey heard the callAnd they wrote it on the wallFor you and me we understood[Instrumental Outro]
