If Work Permits (Live)

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