You sauntered off and you said how’s tricks 
You can’t mix [bad word] 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 [bad word] out over these 
Oh no