The Format - 'If Work Permits' [Live at the Mayan Theatre]

Live at the Mayan Theatre features Dog Problems performed in its entirety as well as favorites from Interventions & Lullabies & Swans. On February 4th, the entire film is available at Amazon Prime and audio available at all digital outlets.

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CREDITS
Directed by Sam Erickson
Produced by Ciara Lacy
Additional editing and trailer by Mike Gill

LYRICS
So the wind that blows across your room
Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser

It rained for jewelry and for credit cards
Two tickets to a film I don’t remember

Oh one day you’ll kiss your rabbit’s nose,
Pick up the phone to find

I’ve been turned over

And you’ll grab that piece of gold
Only to find that the smell has taken over
Now all things you have
They aren’t the same
As what you hold

I’m now standing in a room

It’s filled with older folks

Pleading "baby listen"
And I scream as loud as anyone
But when asked to make a point

I tend to whisper

Now highways turn to tidal waves
They’re asking me to export
all of your insecurities
But that wind that blows across your room

It’s gonna set the sails

And send me back to you
Sometimes when sailors are sailing
They think twice
about where they’re anchoring
And I think I could make better use
of my time on land
I’ll drink less ‘cause lord knows

I could use a warm kiss
instead of a cold goodbye

I’m writing the folks back home

to tell them:

Hey I

Hey I’m doing alright
It’s a shame what your father did to your brother’s head

When he smashed it with a telephone
and your mother got scared

and locked the door

You were only four
but Lord you remember it
So now you’re scared of love

I’m here to tell you love just ain’t some blood on the receiver
Love is speaking in code

It's an inside joke

Love is coming home

Sometimes when sailors are sailing
They think twice about
where they’re anchoring
and I think I could make better use

of my time on land

I’ll drink less ‘cause Lord knows

I could use a warm kiss
instead of a cold goodbye

I’m writing the folks back home

to tell them:
Hey I
Hey I’m doing alright
Yeah I’m doing just fine

And if she seems as lonely as me
Let her sink

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