Interpret:

Gordon Lightfoot

Album:

The Way I Feel

I'm not ashamed 
To say that I've loved you well
I'm not ashamed to let you know
I'm just a name that's all 
Scratched upon your wall
You've used it well but what the hell
That's what walls are for 


I'm not ashamed 
To listen to the fast-fallin' rain
In the morning upon my window
I'm not afraid to cry 
I'm not ashamed to try
To be your friend once again
'Cause that's what's friends are for 


Friends are for 
Sorting out the hang-ups that we hide 
Walls are for 
Shutting out the love we feel inside 


I'm not ashamed, no, to talk it over once again 
To rearrange my vocabulary
But I can't seem to find 
Any words to change your mind 
Because I left them all behind
And that's what words are for 


Words are for 
Explaining the mistakes we might have made
Names are for 
Calling when there's nothing left to say 


I'm not ashamed, no
To say I've loved you well 
I'm not ashamed, and yet I know
I'm just a name, that's all
Scratched upon your wall
You've used it well, but what the hell
That's what walls are for 


I'm not ashamed of wearing out my old gray socks 
Chasing you around the back woods
I'm not ashamed to darn
Nor to proud to find some yarn
To sew them up once again
And that's what socks are for