1 lyrics for "I sit and rot behind these padded walls" I Used to Be a SailorTracy ChapmanI don't like being stationary I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea I sit and rot behind these padded walls Hoping one day they'll fall And set me free Set me free I used to be a sailor Who sailed across the seasPlayRelated Songs 469.9K New BeginningTracy Chapman 907K Open Arms (2015 Remaster)Tracy Chapman 773.2K Give Me One ReasonTracy Chapman 992.1K Freedom NowTracy Chapman 228K Heaven's Here on EarthTracy Chapman 853.6K Bang Bang Bang (2015 Remaster)Tracy Chapman 777.9K Material WorldTracy Chapman 263.3K Smoke and Ashes (2015 Remaster)Tracy Chapman 548.2K Woman's WorkTracy Chapman 128.9K The Times They Are a-Changin' (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992)Tracy Chapman 737.3K Talkin' Bout a RevolutionTracy Chapman 526.2K Across the LinesTracy ChapmanSuggestions SongThe Love We Almost HadRhiannon GiddensFrench PerfumeGreat Big SeaDear LandlordJoan BaezI'm Housin' (Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA - September 2000)Rage Against the Machine