If Work Permits Lyrics - Dog Problems - Format

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