Paper Walls - Marc Cohn

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

'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…

Right through the paper walls, paper walls

Paper walls, oooh yeah, now

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…

Just like a paper wall, paper wall

Paper wall, Ooh just like a paper wall

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