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, 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
They try and tear me down
You want me baby, I dare you
Oh, try and tear me down
Oh, oh, come on try and tear me down