Christine Lavin - Rockaway lyrics

I stop to look out the window The sky above the water's turned a bitter grey The Summer people have packed their station wagons The city is calling them away The air is not as warm as it once was The ocean's not as tempting as before The seagulls cry a mournful tune now As I shutter up the windows and the doors While the trees outside watch their leaves fall to the ground but these walls inside me, oh they never tumble down I think of all the chances that have pa**ed me All the opportunitys I've let slip by And all the friends along the way I have lost track of It's enough to make me lay down and cry And yet I push on blindly toward the future Though I haven't got a notion of where I am As I'm moving in some vague direction There are times when I couldn't give a damn All the trees outside watch their leaves fall to the ground Oh But these walls inside me, oh they never tumble down I'll take one last walk along this angry ocean Greet the fishermen in my usual way Maybe stoop to find a pretty piece of beach gla** To remind me of old Rockaway The salty spray stings my sunburned face now As I bu*ton up my coat against the cold There's a sorrow I always find in leavin' That chills me deep into my soul All the trees outside watch their leaves fall to the ground But these walls inside me, oh they never tumble down Tumble down, Tumble down, Tumble down, Tumble down Tumble down, Tumble down