Jane Siberry Seven Steps To The Wall Lyrics

Seven Steps To The Wall Lyrics

seven steps to the wall  
and turn around 
seven steps to the window  
turn around 
three steps to the table - step around 
move the chair `til it is square 
and then sit down 
DON`T TURN AROUND  
 
there 
is a man 
in a room 
empty place 
there`s a wall 
a table 
and a chair 
...his face  
 
he wants to write something down 
he wants to sing a song  
or paint something 
lie down and fade away 
or get up and get away 
to the beat of the marching feet 
in the heat of the prison heat  
 
there  
there`s the sun 
through the bars 
cutting swathes 
lighting dust 
I love dust 
that it`s there  
that it falls  
 
he wants to write something down ...  
 
seven steps to the wall ...  
 
there 
is a man 
in a room  
empty place 
there`s a wall  
a table 
some paper 
...his face  
 
he wants to write something down ...  
 
there 
all my life 
where there`s white 
I have words 
so I write ... 
what I hear 
...perfect white 
...with no words  
 
it is thin 
but it`s clear 
it is thin but it`s clear