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 donÂ’t remember One day youÂ’ll kiss your rabbitÂ’s nose, pick up the phone To find I've been turned over And youÂ’ll grab that piece of gold Only to find that the smell has taken over Now all the things you had, they arenÂ’t the same... As what you hold I'm standing in a room, ItÂ’s 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 TheyÂ’re asking me to export all of your insecurities But that wind that blows across your room Its gonna set the sails, and send me back to you Sometimes, when sailors are sailing They think twice, about where theyÂ’re anchoring And I think, I could make better use of my time on land Ill drink less Cause lord knows I could use a warm kiss Instead of a cold goodbye IÂ’m writing the folks back home to tell them "Hey IÂ’m doing alright" ItÂ’s a shame what your father did to your brotherÂ’s head He smashed it with a telephone And your mother got scared and locked the door You were only four, but lord you remember it So now youÂ’re scared of love IÂ’m here to tell you loves not some blood on the receiver Love is speaking in code ItÂ’s an inside joke Love is coming home Sometimes, when sailors are sailing They think twice, about where theyÂ’re anchoring And I think, I could make better use of my time on land ill drink less cause lord knows I could use a warm kiss instead of a cold goodbye IÂ’m writing the folks back home to tell them "hey IÂ’m doing alright" yeah IÂ’m doing just fine and if she seems as lonely as me..... let her sink. let her sink. let her