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 dont remember 
one day youll kiss your rabbits nose, pick up the phone 
to find ive been turned over 
and youll 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 

im 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 
its gonna set the sails, and send me back to you 

sometimes, when sailors are sailing 
they think twice, about where theyre anchoring 
and i think, i could make better time of my time on land 
ill drink less 
cause lord knows i could use a warm kiss 
instead of a cold goodbye 
im writing the folks back home to tell them 
"hey im doing alright" 

its a shame what your father did to your brothers 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 youre scared of love 
im here to tell you loves not some fucking 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 theyre anchoring 
and i think, i could make better time of my time on land 
ill drink less 
cause lord knows i could use a warm kiss 
instead of a cold goodbye 
im writing the folks back home to tell them 
"hey im doing alright" 

yeah im doing just fine 
and if she seems as lonely as me..... 
let her sink. 
let her sink. 
let her