Walls Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

I'm not ashamed to say that I've loved you well 

I'm not ashamed to let you know 

I'm just a name, that's all, scratched upon your wall 

You've used it well but what the hell that's what walls are for 

I'm not ashamed to listen to the fast-fallin' rain 

In the morning upon my window 

I'm not afraid to cry, I'm not ashamed to try 

To be your friend once again 'cause that's what's friends are for 

Friends are for sorting out the hang-ups that we hide 

Walls are for shutting out the love we feel inside 

I'm not ashamed no, to talk it over once again 

To rearrange my vocabulary 

But I can't seem to find any words to change your mind 

Because I left them all behind and that's what words are for 

Words are for explaining the mistakes, we might have made 

Names are for calling when there's nothing left to say 

I'm not ashamed, no, to say that I've loved you well 

I'm not ashamed and yet I know 

I'm just a name, that's all, scratched upon your wall 

You've used it well but what the hell that's what walls are for 

I'm not ashamed of wearing out my old gray socks 

Chasing you around the back woods 

I'm not ashamed to darn nor too proud to find some yarn 

To sew them up once again and that's what socks are for