Listen

I was born on the other side

Just always looking to you

I made it over the great divide

Now I'm coming for you



Your forces lined up in battle

Your soldiers and your machines

The sun been blacked out by shadows

The darkest hour now you've ever seen



And I'm easy and I'm serious

They try and tear me down

You want me baby I dare you

Try and tear me down



I rose up on the doctor's slab

Like Lazarus from the pit

And everyone wants to take a stab

Decorate me with blood, graffiti and spit



I've been held up on money

I've been beaten out of spite

You want a piece of me honey?

Lose or win



You know you've been in a fight

And I'm easy and I'm serious

They try and tear me down

You want me baby I dare you

Try and tear me down



On March 6th, 1836 the walls of the Alamo fell

to the Mexican army. After a 12-day siege, the

troops of Santa Ana were victorious but too

exhausted to hold on and the Texans won the

war. It's further from El Paso to Texarkana,

then from New York to Chicago. And when it

joined the Union, Texas was the biggest state.

Yeah, everything from Texas is big, larger than

life and none bigger than little Marvin Aday. So

big his daddy called him Meat Loaf. He grew

into a big man, with a big voice. And he sings

big songs and has big hits. You can try and

tear him down.



Now there ain't much difference

Between a bridge and a wall

Without me right in the middle baby

You'll be nothing at all



And I'm easy and I'm serious

They try and tear me down

You want me baby I dare you

Try and tear me down



And I'm easy and I'm serious-aca