when_the_walls_come_a_knockin realistic optimist when the walls come a-knockin' and there ain't no door to answer i press myself against the pane and peer at the same dreary lane. they peer out across the street but our downcast eyes don't meet; the walls have come a knockin' and there ain't no door to answer. when the walls come a-knockin' and there ain't no door to answer i reach out and pick up the phone and hum along to the dial tone. i've got nothing left to offer no bills to line their coffer; the walls have come a knockin' and there ain't no door to answer. 040222 ... Doar . 040403 what's it to you? who go blather from