Carving Up The World Again...a Wall And Not A Fence Lyrics - Robert Plant

The Russians, the Americans, the British and the French 

They're carving up the world again, it's getting kind of tense 

A whole lotta posture and very little sense 

It's no surprise they hide behind a wall and not a fence 

The Irish and the English and the Scottish and the Welsh 

A damp and misty history they keep it to themselves 

All lost in dark antiquity and smouldering descent 

Invisible divisions behind a wall and not a fence 

Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour 

Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire 

Call up the cavalry and double up the guard 

Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards 

In China they got worried so they built themselves a wall 

They built it big and long and tall to keep away the hoard 

A hundred years of blood and toil, a million lives expend 

The steely grip of dynasty behind a wall and not a fence 

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Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour 

Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire 

Call up the cavalry and double up the guard 

Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards 

Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour 

Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire 

Call up the cavalry and double up the guard 

Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards 

Emperors and Sultans, Kings and Presidents 

Dictators and ambassadors engaged in our defence 

A lifetime of great service, of selfless good intent 

Guaranteed immunity behind a wall and not a fence 

Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour 

Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire 

Call up the cavalry and double up the guard 

Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards 

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Trouble at the border in the eleventh hour 

Ditch and wire and palisade in the line of fire 

Call up the cavalry and double up the guard 

Preparing for catastrophe inside the house of cards