Paper Walls Lyrics - 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 room 502 

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 theyve got paper walls 

Paper walls, paper walls 

Oh yeah 

I closed the curtain, I shut the light 

I heard the highway moan 

Next thing I remember they were having a fight in there 

And she was all alone 

I heard her cry in the darkest hour 

I heard the 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 wall 

Paper walls, paper walls 

Oh yeah now 

She said 

Oh yeah 

Come on now 

Ive never seen such a sight before 

The way she looked when she opened the door 

Hush now baby dont make a sound 

When all your love comes a-tumblin down 

Just like a paper wall 

Paper wall, paper wall 

Just like a paper wall 

Paper wall, it's alright 

Paper wall 

It aint the road that kills you 

It's not the all night calls 

It aint the road that kills you, baby 

Its just the paper walls 

It aint the road