Seven Steps To The Wall Lyrics - Jane Siberry

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