The Duhks Four Blue Walls It was past her bedtime On a stormy night And she couldn't shut her eyes And she couldn't blow out the light So she gave up struggling And let the candle burn The hail knocked her window As her memories knocked in turn And her room had four blue walls They've been hers since she was small No sleep in sight Oh her father Is the only one Who pretends he can't remember What was done And her mother Can't find the strength To do anything at all but stand and pray In a room with four blue walls That were closing in together 'Til they got so goddamn small That she had to brave the weather By herself So she went to the barroom And she picked a fight He told her she was looking for trouble And she said "that's right" She was looking for an eardrum So she beat him and she shoved 'Til he couldn't quite resist her when she dragged him home for love To a room with four blue walls On a floor that's worn like leather And the shadows fell across them As she held their eyes together And they cried Would you be my ocean Won't you be the rain Can a kiss from you rinse another from my brain Can we wash these floorboards Can we wash these walls Can I close my eyes and sleep once and for all In a room with four blue walls Filled from floor to roof with water And a man who calmly calls her "darling dear" Not "darling daughter" She sleeps at last She sleeps at last And her room had four blue walls