If Work Permits (demo) Songtext
von The 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 don′t remember
Oh, one day you'll kiss your rabbit′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′s taken over
Now all the things you have, they aren′t the same
As what you hold

And I'm standing in a room that′s 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
And they're asking me to export all of your insecurities
But that wind that blows across your room
Is gonna set the sail and send me back to you


Sometimes, when sailors are sailing
They think twice about where they′re anchoring in
I think I could make better time 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, hey I'm doing alright

It's a shame what your father did to your brother′s 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 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's an inside joke
Love is coming home

Sometimes, when sailors are sailing
They think twice about where they′re anchoring in
I think I could make better time 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, hey I'm doing alright


Yeah, I'm doing just fine
And if she seems as lonely as me
Let her sing
Yeah, I′m doing alright
Yeah, I′m doing just fine
And if she seems as lonely as me
Let her sing
Let her sing
Hey!