The Ha Ha Wall

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"The Ha Ha Wall" (or simply "Haha Wall") is track #7 on The Libertines' 2nd album The Libertines. The track is credited to Doherty and Barat. There also exist a couple of rough versions including one by Babyshambles for the Sailor sessions.

In Kids in the Riot, Doherty says of the song, "'The Ha Ha Wall' dates back to the very first night Carl and I, having met and having seen through may be a year of animosity and standing-off, the first night we actually sat down as friends with guitars in about 1998 in Mortlake, above a furniture shop. We used to go down the all-night garage and he would start an argument with the fella and I would nick a load of firewood. We'd go back, get a fire going. He was really proud of his Union Jack tea towel and this old guitar he had, and the first song we wrote together became 'The Ha Ha Wall'" (pp.185-186).

Appearing on

Live at O2 Academy Glasgow (1)	The Libertines	Album	2016-02-19
Wet Your Whistle And Get Bombed	Babyshambles	Session	2005
The Libertines	The Libertines	Album	2004-08-30
Shaking And Withdrawn Megamix	Peter Doherty	Session	2004-08
The Freewheelin' Pete Doherty	Peter Doherty	Fan mixtape	2004
The Sailor Sessions	Babyshambles	Session	2003-07
The French Sessions	The Libertines	Session	2003-01
Horrorshow in London Town	The Libertines	Session	Unknown

Concerts

AB brussels 2016	The Libertines	Ancienne Belgique, Brussels	2016-05-03
Reading Festival 2015	The Libertines	Reading	2015-08-30
Rock en Seine 2015	The Libertines	Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud	2015-08-29
3Arena Dublin	The Libertines	3Arena Dublin	2015-07-09
Ahmad Tea Music Festival	The Libertines		2015-06-27
Glastonbury 2015	The Libertines	Glastonbury	2015-06-26
Benicàssim Festival	The Libertines	Benicàssim, Spain	2014-07-19
BST, Hyde Park, London	The Libertines	Hyde Park, London	2014-07-05
Glasgow Barrowland	The Libertines	Glasgow, Scotland	2014-06-29
Heroes Bar	Peter Doherty	Kentish Town, London	2011-04-06
Reading Festival	The Libertines	Reading, UK	2010-08-28
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Live in Copenhagen	Peter Doherty	Copenhagen, Denmark	2009-04-09
Royal Albert Hall Live	Peter Doherty	London, UK	2008-07-12
The Mass	Peter Doherty	Brixton, London	2008-06-17
Rhythm Factory	Peter Doherty	London (Whitechapel), UK	2008-02-26
Fine Line Music Cafe	The Libertines	Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis; Minnesota US	2004-10-08
Brick Lane Festival	Peter Doherty		2004-09-12
Paradiso, Amsterdam	The Libertines	Paradiso, Amsterdam	2003-05-19
London Calling Live	The Libertines	Paradiso, Netherland	2002-11-09

Lyrics

If you get tired of just hanging around
Pick up a guitar and spin a web of sound
Then you could be strung out all day
with your lovers and clowns
But now I find myself hanging around

It's been a long war we're tired and dirty
Still not dirty enough for you

I've been thieving
I stole the light from the dawn
And if you come round this ledge
you wish you'd never been born
Oh tell me you can see me
Can't you see through it all?
I'm empty lost and alone
Oh won't you heed my call?
It's been a long war we're so tired and dirty
Still not dirty enough for you my love

I'm so tired of hanging around
I'll pick up a guitar and spin a web of soundss

So tired, of hangin around
Just hangin around
just hangin around