Wind That Blows

So the wind that blows across the room

Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser

You wait for jewelry for credit cards

To tickets to a film I don't remember

Oh one day you'll kiss your habit's nose

Pick up the phone to find I've been turned over

You'll grab that piece of gold

Only to find that the smell is taking over

Now all the things you have

They aren't the same as what you hold

I'm now standing in a room it's filled with older folks

And they're pleading "baby, listen"

And I scream as loud as anyone

But when asked to make a point I tend to whisper

And now highways turn to tidal waves

They're asking me to export all of your insecurities

But that wind that blows across your room

Is gonna set the sail

Send me back to you

Chorus…

Sometimes

When sailors are sailing

They think twice about where they're anchoring and

I think I could make better use of my time on land

I drink less

'Cause lord knows I could use a warm kiss

Instead of a cold goodbye

I'm writing the folks back home to tell them

Hey I

Yea I'm doing alright

Well it's a shame what your father did to your brother's head

And he smashed it with a telephone

Your mother got scared and locked the door

You were only four but lord you remember it

So now you're scared of love

Well I'm here to tell you love just ain't some blood on the receiver

Love is speaking in code

It is an inside joke

Love is coming home

Chorus…

Yea I'm doing just fine

If she seems just as lonely as me "let her sink"

Yea I'm doing alright

Yea I'm doing just fine

If she seems just as lonely as me "let her sink"

You let her, sink

You let her…