Some people ain't no damn good   You can't trust 'em   You can't love em   No good deed goes unpunished   And I don't mind being their whipping boy   I've had that pleasure   For years and years   No, no I never was a sinner   Tell me what else can I do   Second best is what you get   'Til you learn to bend the rules   Time respects no person   And when you lift up must fall   They're waiting outside   To claim my crumblin' walls      Saw my picture in the paper   Read the news around my face   And now some people   Don't want to treat me the same      When the walls   Come tumblin' down   When the walls   Come crumblin', crumblin'   When the walls   Come tumblin', tumblin'   Down   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah   Yeah, yeah, yeah      Some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy   That I'm uneducated   And my opinipn means nothin'   But I know I'm a real good dancer   Don't need to look over my shoulder   To see what I'm after   Everybody's got their problems   Ain't no new news here   I'm the same old trouble   You've been having for years   Don't confuse the problem   With the issue, girl   It's perfectly clear   Just a human desire   To have you come near   Want to put my arms around you   Feel your breath in my ear   You can bend me   You can break me   But you better stand clear      When the walls   Come tumblin' down   When the walls   Come crumblin', crumblin'   When the walls   Come tumblin', tumblin'   Crumblin', tumblin'   Down      When the walls   Come (tumblin' down)   When the walls   Come (rumblin', rumblin')   When the walls   (When the walls)   Come tumblin', tumblin'   Down      Want to put my arms around you   Feel your breath in my ear   You can bend me   You can break me   But you better stand clear      When the walls   Come tumblin' down   When the walls   Come crumblin', crumblin'   When the walls   Come tumblin', tumblin'   Crumblin', tumblin'      When the walls   (When the walls)   Come tumblin' down   When the walls   (When the walls)   Come crumblin', crumblin'   When the walls   Come tumblin', tumblin'   Crumblin', tumblin'      When the walls   (When the walls)   Come tumblin' down   When the walls   Come crumblin', crumblin'   When the walls   Come tumblin', tumblin'   Crumblin', tumblin'   Down