So I'm trying to learn Italian

And you're lying next to me

And the neighbor dog is howling

Well it was really satisfying not to see you last night

Well you had all sixteen excuses lined up in a row

Like blanks on the belt of a G.I. Joe

It's really mystifying all this trying and trying

And you laughed and I was coming out

I said, "No" and you said, "That's okay

I just wanted to know when you said

'I guess I'll see you later on the edge of the bed"

And I say

Rockabye my sweet

Upon your broken bow

It's alright

We're speaking different languages now

Alright

Now the mocking birds are singing

Bringing out the sun and I'm thinking

Well, maybe that's what's cool about it

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

And you said that maybe I wasn't looking

But I recognized the sounds, just like you

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

And your head is buried in the dictionary

And I say

Rockabye my sweet

Upon your broken bow

It's alright

We're speaking different languages now

Smoothing your hair back from your drunken brow

Oh baby, it's alright

We're speaking different languages now

Alright

Well all I know is that a couple of days go by

And I can't even read your lips, no no no

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, sugar"

And we just laughed

And I say

Rockabye my sweet

Upon your broken bow

It's alright

We're speaking different languages now

Smoothing your hair back from your drunken brow

Oh, it's alright

We're speaking different languages anyhow

Alright

Yeah, alright