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