Western Wall

Western Wall - Rosanne Cash

I stand here by the western wall

Baby look at that wall standin' silent an' tall

An' I shove my prayers in the cracks

Got nothin' to lose no one to answer back

All these years I've brought up for review

Wasn't taught this but I learned somethin' new

Had to answer a distant call

At the western wall

An' I've got a heart full of fear

An' I offer it up on this altar of tears

Red dust settles deep in my skin

Don't know where it starts or where I begin

It's a crumblin' pile of broken stones

It ain't much but it might be home

If I ever loved a place at all

It's the western wall

I don't know if god was ever a man

But if she was I think I understand

Why he found a place to break his fall

Near the western wall