If Work Permits

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Intro: E

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


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Now I'm standin' in a room,
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That's filled with older folks,
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They're pleading baby listen,
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And I scream as loud as anyone,
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But when asked to make a point,
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I tend to whisper
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Now highways turn to tidal waves,
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And they're asking me to export all of your insecurities,
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But that wind that blows across your room, it's gonna set the sails,
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And send me back to you, ooh,



CHORUS - THE MELLOW ONE
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 Sometimes, when sailors are sailin', they,
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 Think twice, about where they're anchorin'
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 And I think, I could make better use,
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 Of my time on land,
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 I'll drink less,

 Cause Lord knows I could use a,
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 Warm kiss instead of a cold goodbye
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 I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,
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 Hey I'm doing all right


THE BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3

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THE VERSE WHERE HE RECOUNTS A DARK CHILDHOOD MEMORY

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It's a shame what your father did,
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To your brothers head, he smashed it with the
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Telephone
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Your mother got scared and locked the door,
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You were only four, but Lord, you remember it,
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    So now you're scared of love
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I'm here to tell you love's not some fucking blood on the receiver
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Love is speaking in code
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It's an inside joke, love is coming home


CHORUS - THE NOT MELLOW ONE

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 Sometimes, when sailors are sailin', they,
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 Think twice, about where they're anchorin'
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 And I think, I could make better use,
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 Of my time on land,
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 I'll drink less,

 Cause Lord knows I could use a,
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 Warm kiss, Instead of a cold goodbye
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 I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,
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 Hey I


THE VERSE WHERE HE'S OVER HER

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Yeah I'm doing alright
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Yeah I'm doin' just fine
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An' if she seems as lonely as me, Let her sink
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Yeah I'm doin' alright,
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Yeah I'm doin' just fine,
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An' if she seems as lonely as me, let her,
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Sink, you let her, sink, well let her!


THE SECOND BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3 AGAIN / OUTRO


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