paroles de chanson If Work Permits (Live) - The Format

So the wind that blows across your room
Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser
It rained for jewellery and for credit cards
Two tickets to a film I don't remember
Oh, one day you kiss your rabbit's nose
Pick up the phone to find I've been turned over
You grab that piece of gold
Only to find that the smell has taken over
And all the things you had
They aren't the same as what you hold

I'm now standing in a room
It's filled with older folks, I'm pleading "Baby listen"
And I scream as loud as anyone
But when asked to make a point I tend to whisper
And the 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

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'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, yeah I'm doing alright

It's a shame what your father did to your brother's head
He smashed it with a telephone
Your mother got scared and locked the door
You were only four, but Lord you remember it
Now you're scared of love
Well I'm here to tell you love just
Ain't some fucking blood on the receiver
Love is speaking in code, it's an inside joke
Love is coming home

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'll drink less cause' Lord knows I could use a
Warm kiss instead of a cold goodbye
I'm writing the folks back home, I'll tell them
Hey, I, yeah I'm doing alright
I'm doing just fine
And if she's as lonely as me
Let her sink
Yeah I'm doing alright
Yeah I'm doing just fine
And if she's as lonely as me
Let her sink
You let her sink
Oh you better let her