Don't Turn Away
words & music
Tommy Grasso
©2001 naildown tunes/ ascap

Feeling better now that you can feel again
Feel so many things, that you just don’t understand
It’s a chapter closing and one about to begin
It’s about a letter you finally got the nerve to send

I’ve felt the distance grow from deep inside, and you wonder how
An arrow in your heart became a thorn in your side
Nothing seems clear although my eyes are open wide
As you fight this battle can’t you see I’m on your side

So many reasons for you not wanting to start
So you build a wall around your heart
I see a prison where there use to be a heart
Don’t build a wall around your heart
Don’t turn away a heart

Brick by brick, and stone by stone
The wall gets higher, stronger every night you spend alone
I pray you leave a doorway for a change of heart escape
If you can’t get out, I’m coming in
That’s a pledge of rescue that I’ll make

But there’s, so many reasons for you not wanting to start
So you build a wall around your heart
I see a prison where there use to be a heart
Don’t build a wall around, why not let your guard down
Don’t build a wall around….

Your heart keeps pumping louder, as you try a little harder
Just to stay on top of what seems so important at the time
But as the wall gets higher, you begin to wonder why your wishing
For something you had in your heart the whole time

So give me, just one good reason for you not wanting to start
To let out those fears locked in your heart
A prisons’ where you keep a prisoner, not a heart
Don’t build a wall around, why not let your guard down
Don’t build a wall around, no way I’ll let you down
Don’t build a wall around your heart
Don’t turn away a heart