One in Ten Words

Out of your mouth, into air

You hang up your words so that I can try to compare

Just how they stand up to the naked eye

I put extra dimes in the parking meter

So we've got time, to watch the words

Float 'round the room and make contact with furniture

And if we sit and watch them long enough

All chances predicting collision say that

One in ten words will reach you

Percentages say

One in ten words will get through

Into my ears, out of air

I capture the words so that I can try to repair

The bits of sentences that come to me

In pieces, long distance from your direction

We recognize familiar sounds

The codes from our youth that adulthood turned all around

Now only if we really concentrate

The chances predicting collision say that

One in ten words will reach you

Percentages say

One in ten words will get through

Prepare for relaxation (I can't hear you)

In these situations, oh-oh-oh (I can only see you)

Prepare for relaxation (I can't hear you)

There's no vocalization (I can only see you)

Prepare for relaxation (I can't hear you)

In these situations, oh-oh-oh (I can only see you)

Prepare for relaxation (I can't hear you)

There's no vocalization, oh-oh-oh-oh (I can only see you)