well, i had just checked in when the sun came up
after ten hours on the bus.
i was staring at the stains on the ceiling, baby,
trying not to think about us.
but then someone in a room five-oh two
started doing the thing that we used to do.
every bang, every boom,
it was just like it was happening in my own room.
(chorus)
´cause they´ve got paper walls, paper walls,
paper walls... ooh, yeah.

i closed the curtain, i shut the light,
i heard the highway moan.
next thing i remember they were having a fight,
and then, she was all alone.
i heard her cry in the darkest hour,
i heard it echo in the hotel shower,
i heard her start packing her things, so,
i called her number and i heard it ring...

(chorus)
right through the paper walls, paper walls,
paper walls, oooh yeah, now.

(instrumental solo - over first part of verse 3)

i´ve never seen such a sight before,
the way she looked when she opened the door.
hush now baby don´t make a sound,
when all your love comes a-tumblin´ down...

(chorus)
just like a paper wall, paper wall,
paper wall, ooh just like a paper wall.

(repeat and fade)
it ain´t the road that kills you, baby,
it´s the all night calls;
it ain´t the road that kills you, baby,
it´s just the paper walls