So the wind that blows across the room   Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser   You wait for jewelry for credit cards   To tickets to a film I don’t remember   Oh one day you’ll kiss your habit’s nose   Pick up the phone to find I’ve been turned over   You’ll grab that piece of gold   Only to find that the smell is taking over   Now all the things you have   They aren’t the same as what you hold      I’m now standing in a room it’s filled with older folks   And they’re pleading “baby, listen”   And I scream as loud as anyone   But when asked to make a point I tend to whisper   And now 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      Chorus…   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 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   Yea I’m doing alright      Well it’s a shame what your father did to your brother’s head   And he smashed it with a telephone   Your mother got scared and locked the door   You were only four but lord you remember it   So now you’re scared of love   Well I’m here to tell you love just ain’t some blood on the receiver   Love is speaking in code   It is an inside joke   Love is coming home      Chorus…      Yea I’m doing just fine   If she seems just as lonely as me “let her sink”      Yea I’m doing alright   Yea I’m doing just fine   If she seems just as lonely as me “let her sink”   You let her, sink   You let her…