You sauntered off and you said how’s tricks nYou can’t mix drugs with your politics nSo we took and talked and lost the plot nAnd after that everything seemed fine nAnd as it stings and beautiful collide nWe watch each others worlds ride under the tide nWith intoxicating hands nCold cold hearts nAnd well laid plansnnAre you listening nAre you listening nAs the daysnLike the waves nPile up behind younnLa la la la la nYou keep it allnMelt my plastic heart nAnd help me move on nI’m moving onnnHow do you escape nThe great pails of pouring rain nGo to an island or a house in Spain oh nLa la la la la la oh nOh how we’d kill to go nErect the gutters and move us in nLife or buildings and medicines nWe all make the same mistakes nOur pitfalls pull us togethernnAre you listening nAre you listening nAs the daysnLike the waves nPile up behind younnLa la la la la nThey keep it allnMelt my plastic heart nAnd help me move on nOhhnn???nnLa la la la la nYou keep it all nMelt my plastic heart nAnd help me move on nLa la la la la nKeep it onnnFriends for life and acquaintances nRomance and great distances nThere’s been so many casualties nBut I cannot run out over these nOh non