I was standing backward talking to myself
The volume on my Walkman was cranked to Ten
The rain was hard and wet, I hadn't had a thing to eat
So I thought I'd take a walk instead

We all fall down
From a whisper to a scream
We all fall down
Doesn't anybody out there want to play

I saw you on the beach just the other day
You were with that girl with flowers in her hair
I have wanted to do that too I wanted to be just like you
Live my life without a care

We all fall down
From a whisper to a scream
We all fall down
Doesn't anybody out there want to play

If I needed and I wanted to
Could I have everything? Could I wear the ring
If I needed just to talk to you
Would you tell me anything? Tell me anything I need

We all fall down
Not a way that we can stay up
We all fall down
Nothing you and I can do

We all fall down We all fall down
We all fall down We all fall down
We all fall down We all fall down
We all fall down There's not a thing that we can do

I just can't stop it anymore
I cannot take it from myself
I cannot face it in the middle of the light
I cannot build it up again
I cannot take it all away
Don't want to be that lonely runner in the night
And we all fall down
We all fall down