You sauntered off and you said how’s tricks You can’t mix drugs with your politics So we took and talked and lost the plot And after that everything seemed fine And as it stings and beautiful collide We watch each others worlds ride under the tide With intoxicating hands Cold cold hearts And well laid plans
Are you listening Are you listening As the days Like the waves Pile up behind you
La la la la la You keep it all Melt my plastic heart And help me move on I’m moving on
How do you escape The great pails of pouring rain Go to an island or a house in Spain oh La la la la la la oh Oh how we’d kill to go Erect the gutters and move us in Life or buildings and medicines We all make the same mistakes Our pitfalls pull us together
Are you listening Are you listening As the days Like the waves Pile up behind you
La la la la la They keep it all Melt my plastic heart And help me move on Ohh
La la la la la You keep it all Melt my plastic heart And help me move on La la la la la Keep it on
Friends for life and acquaintances Romance and great distances There’s been so many casualties But I cannot run out over these Oh no