Walk Through Walls

Everybody wants to feel those arms around them
 To be rocked like a cradle by their mama, their lover, or the Lord
 And hearts live on no matter how you try and drown them
 So throw that self-righteous self-pity overboard
 You greet the dawn with such nonchalance
 As if you've seen it all
 As if such glory only happens once
 As if your heart could walk through walls
 Autumn chased me to Charlottesville
 The first crisp days following me as I head south
 Singing low rumbling harmonies
 And laughing right out loud
 I've got a lover in Carolina
 She likes to call me baby doll
 She's a waitress at the anywhere diner
 She's got a heart that can walk through walls
 Languid summer slowly said goodbye
 With tranquil smile and hooded eyes
 Still dancing to last nights music
 Still waiting for the moon to rise
 Dropped my life in a big blue mailbox
 In an Alabama grocery store parking lot
 Got in my car and just drove in circles
 Trying to remember what it is I forgot
 All the ghosts down in New Orleans
 All the sinners in St. Paul
 Do they know how much you adore them?
 And that your heart can walk through walls?
 Poetry isn't always dark and romantic
 Sometimes it just keeps you company
 Or offers to take you out to breakfast
 Maybe makes you a cup of tea
 Do you ever wonder what it was that woke you?
 Do you marvel that someone heard your call?
 Did you ever ask her if it broke you?
 The way your heart can walk through walls?
 Walk through Walls