Another Friday dance hall drunken night hung over 'til morning Unfamiliar bed-sit passion rubber stamped with a government health warning Milk, mail and headaches arrive and I'm counting cracks in the ceiling There's toast and closeness and I'm all confused with this warm unfamiliar feeling
For the glass is rising and the temperature's high But I'm still failing slowly
No conversation, no forwarding address, no ties it goes without saying Just love well and leave and then off with the tide was the game that I thought I was playing But back in my steel world trapped by the freedom how I feel there's no way of knowing And the routine can hide, there's no turning back and the need to be near you is growing
For the glass is rising and the temperature's high But I'm still failing slowly
A cold back against a bulkhead, sleepless now at midnight She buries her head in the dark dark sea and I wonder it she's alright Then a voice comes on the radio, confirms we've got foul weather Can you hear that same voice far away, do you wish that we were together There's no bawdy bar room tales of weekend conquest You've left this sailor all at sea And I'm alone with my private thoughts warm in the memory Can this be happening to me So I'll just dream about the shore lights that'll tell me that I'm home And I'll step down upon the quayside, maybe wonder why I roam For we may be more than a weekend obsession, perhaps I'm always a sailor But I know I want you and I know I need you as a lover but not as a jailor
For the glass is rising and the temperature's high But I'm still failing slowly
For the glass is rising and the temperature's high But I'm still failing slowly