[Verse 1]

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 you'll kiss your rabbit's 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 have

They aren't the same...

As what you hold

[Verse 2]

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

Now highways turn to tidal waves

They're asking me to export

All of your insecurities

But that wind that blows across your room

It's gonna set the sails

And send me back to you

[Chorus]

Sometimes, when sailors are sailing

They think twice

About where they're anchoring in

And 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 a cold goodbye

I'm writing the folks back home

To tell them:

Hey I

Hey I'm doing alright

[Verse 3]

Its a shame what your father did to your

Brother's head

When 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 receiver

Love is speaking in code

It's an inside joke

Love is coming home

[Chorus]

Sometimes when sailors are sailing

They think twice

About where they're anchoring

And 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 a cold goodbye

I'm writing the folks back home

To tell them:

Hey I

Hey I'm doing alright

[Outro]

Yeah I'm doing just fine

And if she seems as lonely as me

Let her sink

You let her sink

You let her