“Walls and Windows” was first mentioned as an early version of the Guided by Voices classic “Hardcore UFO’s” in the short film Beautiful Plastic by Banks Tarver, a companion to the DVD of his GBV documentary Watch Me Jumpstart in 2003. As Robert Pollard is flipping through a notebook he says is from...
[Verse]
What's the game, Master John?
Have you been through walls and windows?
I'll be with you, without you, 'til ten
What's your angle, Mary Ann?
Playing hopscotch with the children
I'm not looking, you're not talking again
[Chorus]
Turn and run, the angel's calling
I know when, but it doesn't matter
Up and down through broken down buildings
I'll come home, but please don't bother to wait at all
[Bridge]
Count the days that I have left in my heart
Eat the words, build a playground in your mind
[Chorus]
Turn and run, the angel's calling
I'll come home, but it doesn't matter
Up and down through broken down buildings
I'll come home, but you know why I left you so for long
(You know why I've left you for so long)
[Verse]
What's the game, Master John?
Have you been through walls and windows?
I'll be with you, without you, 'til ten
What's your angle, Mary Ann?
Playing hopscotch with the children
I'm not looking, you're not talking again, again
[Chorus]
Turn and run, the angel's calling
I know when, but it doesn't matter
Up and down through broken down buildings
I'll come home, but you know why I left you so for long
(You know why I've left you for so long)
You know why I've left you for so long
(You know why I've left you for so long)
Walls and Windows was written by Robert Pollard.
Walls and Windows was produced by Mitch Swann.
Coyote Call released Walls and Windows on Sat Mar 10 1984.