Footprints On My Ceiling Lyrics - Social Distortion

Everybody wants a lover 

Nobody wants to uncover 

What may lay deep beneath 

A sometimes painful past 

Wanna go without a care 

Pull gardenias from her hair 

I think of a time we didn't have 

A care in the world 

Captivated by her beauty 

I knew it was my life long duty 

She had all the grace and charm 

Of a radiant queen 

How do you talk without speaking? Yeah 

How do you hear without listening? 

How do you live without feeling? Yeah 

How do you take without giving? 

And we keep it all inside? 

There are footprints on my ceiling 

I can't help this fucked up feeling 

Something's wrong, you ain't comin' 

Around here no more 

Try to get my thoughts together 

I think of a time when things were better 

This miscommunication 

Is breakin' me down 

How do you talk without speaking? Yeah 

How do you hear without listening? 

How do you live without feeling? Yeah 

How do you take without giving? 

How you treat your new best friend? 

Everybody wants a lover 

Nobody wants to uncover 

What may lay deep beneath 

A sometimes painful past 

My heart is heavy slowly sinking 

I redirect my desperate thinking 

And kiss her red full lips 

Like I did the very first time 

How do you talk without speaking? Yeah 

How do you hear without listening? 

How do you live without feeling? Yeah 

How do you take without giving? 

There are footprints on my ceiling, yeah 

And I kept it bottled up inside, all my life