These late night conversations
Leave a strange taste
Like French cigarettes
And these coloured drinks
That you keep on throwing at me
Just keep on reminding me
That I came to forget

So now every night
You insist on reminding me
Of my lost possibilities
And the stains on the wall
Well I don't mean to complain
Still it hurts just the same
And both of us know the leaves will fall on their own

Just throw me a line
That's all that I ask
It's sink or swim and I'm going fast
I need love and it's you
And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool

Yeah you tell me
Life is for living
It's best in the giving
But it's so hard to be free
Still I do my best
But you refuse my gift
Now all we share is a collection of tears

Just throw me a line
That's all that I ask
It's sink or swim and I'm going fast
I need love and it's you
And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool