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There's a place where words mean nothing, or much less

Such a disgrace, we gotta get outta this mess


Coming in under the cover of darkness

How high shall we build this wall?

Could've said more but it would've seemed heartless

How hard did I slam that door?


I swore I'd never walk away

Until I saw this day

Didn't turn out the way we planned

Now I'm living in broken promise land

Broken promise land


There's a town I know.

There's a strange resemblance to Jericho

But even though

Seven horns were getting ready to blow


Coming in under the cover of darkness

How high shall we build this wall?

Could've said more but it would've seemed heartless

How tight shall we close that door?


The only claim to be redeemed

To take that name that they've blasphemed

Didn't turn out the way we planned

Now I'm living in broken promise land

Broken promise land


There's a place where infidels and showgirls meet

Such a disgrace, wedding bells crumbled in the street

Coming in under the cover of darkness

How high shall we build this wall?

Could've said more but it would've seemed heartless

How tight shall we shove that door?


In the name of the father and the son

In the name of gasoline and a gun

Didn't turn out the way we planned

Now I'm living in broken promise land

Broken promise land