Walls

Copyright, 1997, by Mike Murray

I'm building walls (I'm building walls)
I'm building walls around my heart.
I'm locking out (I'm locking out)
All the sorrow and the hurt.
I'll bar the door (I'll bar the door)
And I'll lock the windows tight.
Your memory won't come back to me tonight.

	CHORUS:

	THEN I HEAR A GENTLE WHISPER
	AND THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN
	LIKE THE ANCIENT BIBLE CITY
	LYING SCATTERED ON THE GROUND.
	THOSE WORDS SO SWEET AND TENDER
	CALL TO MOCK MY WALLS AGAIN
	OVERWHELM MY MIGHTY FORTRESS
	LET THE PAIN AND HURT BACK IN.

When you left me (When you left me)
My heart was raw with pain
And I promised (And I promised)
Not to let you back again.
I'll build these walls (I'll build these walls)
With no mortar, with no clay.
I'll build these walls to keep the blues away.

	CHORUS

I'm building walls (I'm building walls)
I'm building walls around my heart.
I'm locking out (I'm locking out)
All the sorrow and the hurt.
I'll bar the door (I'll bar the door)
And I'll lock the windows tight.
Your memory won't come back to me tonight.

I'm building walls (I'm building walls)
I'm building walls around my heart.
I'm locking out (I'm locking out)
All the sorrow and the hurt.
I'll bar the door (I'll bar the door)
And I'll lock the windows tight.
Your memory won't come back to me tonight.