Walls

Lead lines messing up eggshell paint in the kitchen

Still hear mama saying stand up straight

In every house we ever lived in

She started keeping track

Soon as I could crawl

I didn’t understand

They were more than marks on

Walls

Saw a Sunburst six string sitting in my granddad\'s closet

I picked it up

Just one strum and

I was hooked on it

Spent years cutting my teeth

On Hank and Jones

Every night of the week

Putting on a show for those

Walls

Some were made to lean on

Hold more than nails and frames

Some were put there for a reason

Some are just in your way

Some I went and built so high

That I can\'t even climb ‘em

Right or wrong

I got all Kinds

Of walls

She ain’t the first to try to break on in

But you can’t get far with a concrete heart

God I wish she did

She’d still be in my arms

If they weren’t so strong

Walls

Some were made to lean on

Hold more than nails and frames

Some were put there for a reason

Some are just in your way

Some I went and built so high

That I can\'t even climb ‘em

Right or wrong

I got all kinds

Of walls

I’m surrounded

Can’t tell which to knock down and

Which to hang my hat on

‘Cause Some were made to lean on

Hold more than nails and frames

Some were put there for a reason

Some are just in your way

Some I went and built so high

That I can\'t even climb ‘em

Right or wrong

I got all kinds

Of walls

Walls