There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door
Sitting here waiting
To turn the recorder on
There's a mic in the baseboard
Touched up the paint the week before
There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door
It's something important
But I can't place everything
I send my wife to the market
Send the tape to Washington
There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door
A woman cleans every Thursday
It's not clear how much she knows
She never touches the kitchen
And when she leaves, she wears different clothes
There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door
It came without any warning
They went down like dominoes
All my theories have vanished and my partner's in Ontario
There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door
It's been going on for weeks now
What to bring, what not to leave
There's a charge in the air here
And my partner's in Los Angeles
There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door
Got a message from Virginia
Via pouch through Key Biscayne
It's just a big pile of numbers
Looking for a man to blame
There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door
The music is over
The sky's blacked out with rain
Going down to the airstrip
Fire up the midnight plane
There are sounds
Coming through the walls from next door