Walk Through Walls

Everybody wants to feel those arms around them To be rocked like a cradle by their mama, their lover, or the Lord And hearts live on no matter how you try and drown them So throw that self-righteous self-pity overboard You greet the dawn with such nonchalance As if you've seen it all As if such glory only happens once As if your heart could walk through walls Autumn chased me to Charlottesville The first crisp days following me as I head south Singing low rumbling harmonies And laughing right out loud I've got a lover in Carolina She likes to call me baby doll She's a waitress at the anywhere diner She's got a heart that can walk through walls Languid summer slowly said goodbye With tranquil smile and hooded eyes Still dancing to last nights music Still waiting for the moon to rise Dropped my life in a big blue mailbox In an Alabama grocery store parking lot Got in my car and just drove in circles Trying to remember what it is I forgot All the ghosts down in New Orleans All the sinners in St. Paul Do they know how much you adore them? And that your heart can walk through walls? Poetry isn't always dark and romantic Sometimes it just keeps you company Or offers to take you out to breakfast Maybe makes you a cup of tea Do you ever wonder what it was that woke you? Do you marvel that someone heard your call? Did you ever ask her if it broke you? The way your heart can walk through walls? Walk through Walls