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Marc Cohn
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Well, I had just checked in when the sun came up
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After ten hours on the bus.
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I was staring at the stains on the ceiling, baby,
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Trying not to think about us.
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But then someone in a room five-oh two
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Started doing the thing that we used to do.
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Every bang, every boom,
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It was just like it was happening in my own room.
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(CHORUS)
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'Cause they've got paper walls, paper walls,
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Paper walls... ooh, yeah.
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I closed the curtain, I shut the light,
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I heard the highway moan.
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Next thing I remember they were having a fight,
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And then, she was all alone.
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I heard her cry in the darkest hour,
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I heard it echo in the hotel shower,
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I heard her start packing her things, so,
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I called her number and I heard it ring...
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(CHORUS)
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Right through the paper walls, paper walls,
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Paper walls, oooh yeah, now.
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(INSTRUMENTAL SOLO - Over first part of Verse 3)
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I've never seen such a sight before,
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The way she looked when she opened the door.
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Hush now baby don't make a sound,
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When all your love comes a-tumblin' down...
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(CHORUS)
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Just like a paper wall, paper wall,
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Paper wall, Ooh just like a paper wall.
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(REPEAT AND FADE)
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It ain't the road that kills you, baby,
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It's the all night calls;
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It ain't the road that kills you, baby,
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It's just the paper walls
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