Marc Cohn Paper Walls Lyrics

Paper Walls Lyrics

Well, I had just checked in when the sun came up
After ten hours on the bus.
I was staring at the stains on the ceiling, baby,
Trying not to think about us.
But then someone in a room five-oh two
started doing the thing that we used to do.
Every bang, every boom,
It was just like it was happening in my own room.
(CHORUS)
`Cause they`ve got paper walls, paper walls,
Paper walls...  ooh, yeah.

I closed the curtain, I shut the light,
I heard the highway moan.
Next thing I remember they were having a fight,
And then, she was all alone.
I heard her cry in the darkest hour,
I heard it echo in the hotel shower,
I heard her start packing her things, so,
I called her number and I heard it ring...

(CHORUS)
Right through the paper walls, paper walls,
Paper walls,  oooh yeah, now.

(INSTRUMENTAL SOLO - Over first part of Verse 3)

I`ve never seen such a sight before,
The way she looked when she opened the door.
Hush now baby don`t make a sound,
When all your love comes a-tumblin` down...

(CHORUS)
Just like a paper wall, paper wall,
Paper wall,  Ooh just like a paper wall.

(REPEAT AND FADE)
It ain`t the road that kills you, baby,
It`s the all night calls;
It ain`t the road that kills you, baby,
It`s just the paper walls