Holly Palmer - Different Languages Lyrics

So I'm trying to learn Italian and you're lying next to me

The neighbor dog is howling

It was really satisfying

Not to see you last night

You had all sixteen excuses lined up in a row

Like blanks on the belt of a GI Joe

It's really mystifying all this trying and trying



And then you asked if I was coming out

And I said no and you said that's okay

I just wanted to know, then you said

I guess I'll see you later on

On the edge of the bed



And I say rock-a-bye my sweet upon your broken bow

It's alright, we're speaking different languages now



Now the mockingbirds are singing

They're bringing up the sun and I'm thinking

Maybe that's what's cool about it

We've been trying to hold each other like a conversation



You said that maybe I wasn't looking

But I recognize the sounds just like you

But I can't form the words or they're too hard to spell

And your head is buried in the dictionary



And I say rock-a-bye my sweet upon your broken bow

It's alright, we're speaking different languages now

Smoothing your hair from your drunken brow

It's alright, we're speaking different languages now



All I know is, a couple of days go by and I can't even read your lips



Things were fine the other day

And I said, well baby if you knew why

I bet you wouldn't feel this way

And you said, one hand on your heart, one hand on my head

Don't fall off the edge of the bed

And we just laughed



And I say rock-a-bye my sweet upon your broken bow

It's alright, we're speaking different languages now

Smoothing your hair from your drunken brow

It's alright, we're speaking different languages now