[Verse 1]
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 room 502
Started doing the thing that we used to do
Every bang, every boom
Was just like it was happening in my own room

[Chorus]
'Cause they've got paper walls
Paper walls
Paper walls (Ooh yeah)

[Verse 2]
I closed the curtains, I shut the light
I heard the highway moan
Next thing I remember they was having a fight
And then she was all alone
I heard her cry in her darkest hour
I heard the echo from the hotel shower
I heard her start to packing her things so
I called her number and I heard it ring

[Chorus]
Right through the paper walls
Paper walls
Paper walls (Ooh yea now)
[Bridge]
She said whoa, whoa, whoa yeah
Come on now

[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-tumbling down

[Chorus]
Just like a paper wall (Paper walls)
Paper wall
Paper wall (Paper walls)
Ooh hoo, just like a paper wall (Paper walls)
Paper wall, it's alright (Paper walls)

[Outro]
It ain't the road that kills you
It's not the all night calls
It ain't the road that kills you, baby
It's just the paper walls
It ain't the road