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So the wind that blows across your room
Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser
It rained for jewelry and for credit cards
Two tickets to a film i don't remember
One day youll kiss your rabbits nose, pick up the phone
To find I've been turned over
And you'll grab that piece of gold
Only to find that the smell has taken over
Now all the things you had, they arent the same...
As what you hold
And now I'm standing in a room
Its filled with older folks pleading "baby listen"
And I scream as loud as anyone
But when asked to make a point I tend to whisper
Now highways turn to tidal waves
Theyre asking me to export all of your insecurities
But that wind that blows across your room
Is gonna set the sails, and send me back to you
Sometimes, when sailors are sailing
They think twice, about where they're anchoring in
I think, I could make better time of my time on land
I'll drink less
Cause Lord knows I could use a warm kiss
Instead of the cold goodbye
I'm writing the folks back home to tell them
"Hey I'm doing alright"
Its a shame what your father did to your brothers head
He smashed it with the telephone
And your mother got scared and locked the door
You were only four, but Lord you remember it
So now you're scared of love
I'm here to tell you love just ain't some blood on the reciever
Love is speaking in code
Its an inside joke
Love is coming home
Sometimes, when sailors are sailing
They think twice, about where they're anchoring in
I think, I could make better time of my time on land
I'll drink less
Cause Lord knows I could use a warm kiss
Instead of the cold goodbye
I'm writing the folks back home to tell them
"Hey I'm doing alright"
Yeah I'm doing just fine
And if she seems as lonely as me.....
Let her sink
Let her sink
Let her