THE FORMAT - If Work Permits lyrics

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