I stand here by the Western Wall

maybe a little of that wall

stands inside of us all

I shove my prayers in the cracks

I got nothing to lose

No one to answer back



All these years I've brought up for review

I wasn't taught this, but I learned something new

I had to answer a distant call



At the Western Wall

I've got a heart full of fear

and I offer it up

on this altar of tears



Red dust settles deep in my skin

I don't know where it stops

and where I begin



It's a crumbling pile of broken stones

it ain't much but it might be home

if I ever loved a place at all

it's the Western Wall



I don't know if God was ever a man

But if She was, I think I understand

Why He found a place to break his fall

near the Western Wall