Eggshells Lyrics - The First Ten Years - Shawn Mullins

She sleeps with the windows open 

Yet she's still locked safe inside 

And to block out the sounds of the city's commotion 

She turns her fan up on high 

Yea, she lives just far enough away from home 

To see the whole scene 

And down the street, the kids throw sticks and stones 

And end up on the the TV screen 

Yea, they throw their sticks and stones 

And end up on the TV screen 

And she used to walk on these gracefully 

But now they crunch beneath her feet 

I guess she must be changin' 

There's just no way to keep it neat 

And her father still barks like a soldier 

Returning from victory 

But now she's much older 

And that bark isn't as scary as it used to be 

Yea, she watches his self torture 

No one left to abuse but himself 

But still her memory scorches her 

And she struggles to love herself 

Her memory scorches her 

And she struggles to love herself 

And she used to walk on these gracefully 

But now they crunch beneath her feet 

And I guess she must be changin' 

She never was too good at stayin' in her seat 

And this town grows hungry and restless 

Hungry for what, I ain't sure 

But they're sweepin' the streets of the trash and the homeless 

And raisin' the rent and breakin' the poor 

And I used to walk on these gracefully 

But now they crunch beneath my feet 

And I guess I must be changin' 

There's just no way to keep it neat 

I used to walk on these gracefully 

I guess I must be changin'