Shoot At the Walls
When you enter the house and it talks to you,
Don't you kinda lose your nerve
When the ghosts rise up and walk with you,
It's more attention than you deserve
You know it's gotta be painful
Having to go thru it all
Risen up from your own ashes,
Only to shoot at the walls
Well, first I went to Altoona
Then I landed in Fort Wayne
Took a dip down to Tuckaleechee
Before taking Bryson City by train
Where I holed up in the Smoky Mountains
With the banjo freaks in overalls
By the time I left that porch, I was high on codeine
And left to shoot at the walls
Shoot at the walls
Like they ain’t nuthin’ at all
Pass your hand in fronta your face
Them molecules don't leave no trace
Ain't it hard to raise your eyes
To the disgrace of it all?
You know it's gotta be painful
Having to go thru it all
Resurrected from the tomb,
Only to shoot at the walls
Copyright © Keith Dovoric | Year Posted 2021
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