[Verse 1]
Tuesday, the gas station clerk named Wanda
Already knows my grade from the quarterly report card
Bought cough drops Monday, by Wednesday the whole pew
Is asking if I'm sick, like the church is my GP too
Mrs. Early saw my truck parked by the reservoir
Told my aunt I looked "troubled" before I'd closed the car door
One stoplight, one diner, one long school hallway
Every secret here's a rumor with a three-day delay
The walls don't have ears, they've got Wi-Fi and a calendar
My business is the county's favorite local almanac
[Chorus]
Every wall in town's got eyes, and the eyes are always talking
Every wall in town knows me before my feet start walking
Every wall in town's got eyes, and the eyes are always talking
Every wall in town knows me before my feet start walking
[Verse 2]
So I picked one city I had never once been to
Found an album sung in its language, lyrics glossed in blue
Thirty minutes a night, headphones on, flat on the bed
Learning words for "stranger" and "corner store" instead
Not running yet, just renting a sound before the move
Letting a foreign chorus teach me rhythms I could use
Call it homework for a life that isn't rumor-shaped
A place where the walls are just walls, not a tape
Still wave at Wanda, still nod at Mrs. Early too
But now I've got a language in my pocket, bright and new
[Verse 3]
My grandmother started half these rumors, swear it's true
She traded secrets like quarters at the pew
I used to roll my eyes at every whispered name
Then found my own mouth playing that familiar game
Maybe the wires in this town run through my blood too
Maybe I'm just another antenna tuned to you
But knowing the wiring doesn't mean I have to stay wired
I can learn new words faster than the gossip gets fired
So let them trace my headlights to the edge of the map
They'll say they saw me leaving, say they know just where I'll land
They don't know the chorus playing softly in my hand
[Bridge]
Still, the diner booth remembers every fight I've lost
Still, my mother hears the gossip before I can cross
Leaving doesn't erase the walls, it just loosens the grout
I'll carry this town's hum however far I get out
[Chorus]
Every wall in town's got eyes, and the eyes are always talking
Every wall in town knows me before my feet start walking
Every wall in town's got eyes, and the eyes are always talking
Every wall in town knows me before my feet start walking
[Chorus]
Every wall in town's got eyes, and the eyes are always talking
Every wall in town knows me before my feet start walking
Every wall in town's got eyes, and the eyes are always talking
Every wall in town knows me before my feet start walking