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 GI Joe   It's a really mystifying all this trying and trying      And then you asked if I was coming out   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 in   Different languages now, alright      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   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 in   Different languages now      Smoothen your hair back   From your drunken brow, oh baby   It's alright, we're speaking in   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      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 rock-a-bye   My sweet upon your broken bow   It's alright, we're speaking in   Different languages now      Smoothen your hair back   From your drunken brow   It's alright, we're speaking in   Different languages any how, alright      Yeah   Alright