Walls lyrics

I'm not ashamed to say that I've loved you well.

I'm not ashamed to let you know

I'm just a name, that's all, scratched upon your wall.

You've used it well, but what the hell, that's what walls are for.

I'm not ashamed to listen to the fast-falling rain

In the mornin' upon my window.

I'm not afraid to cry, I'm not ashamed to try

To be your friend once again, 'cause that's what friends are for.

Friends are for sorting out the hang-ups that we hide.

Walls are for shutting out the love we feel inside.

I'm not ashamed, no, to talk it over once again,

To rearrange my vocabulary.

But I can't seem to find any words to change your mind,

Because I left them all behind, and that's what words are for.

Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made.

Names are for calling when there's nothing left to say.

I'm not ashamed, no, to say I've loved you well.

I'm not ashamed, and yet I know

I'm just a name, that's all, scratched upon your wall.

You've used it well, but what the hell, that's what walls are for.

I'm not ashamed of wearin' out my old grey socks

Chasin' you around the backwoods.

I'm not ashamed to darn nor too proud to find some yarn

To sew them up once again, now that's what socks are for.

• Artist:Gordon Lightfoot
• Album:The Way I Feel