Like a madman I'm up in the morning
Headin' for the walls of heartache
Working everyday, bringing home a/the pail of heartbreak

You look down and the walls are higher*
They are built from the tears you're cryin
Oh, I got to bring it back
I'm workin' til the day I'm dyin (oh, yeah!)

Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
I'm a carpenter of love and affection!
Breaking down the walls of heartache, baby
Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears
And build you up a house of love

Yeah!
Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!

Brick by brick, I'm tearin' them down!
Yeah, lonely night, my name is given(?)
Chip-chippin' at the walls of heartache
Callin' out your name
Go with a pail of heartbreak
And the faces there before me
Writing on and no tomorrow?
Your letter of goodbye
Is written on the walls of the heartache
Oh yeah!

Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
I'm a carpenter of love and affection
Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby
Got to tear down all the loneliness and tears
And build you up a house of love
Yeah!

Breakin' down the walls of heartache, baby. (Yeah yeah!)
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!
Shakin' down the walls of heartache!

Tearin' them down
Tearin' them down
Watch me baby!
I'm a carpenter!
A carpenter of love!
Love and affection!
Brick by brick, tearing them down!