[Part I: Fresh Out The Slammer]
[Chorus]
Now, pretty baby, I'm running back home to you
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
Fresh out the slammer, uh
[Verse]
Another summer taking cover, rolling thunder
He don't understand me
Splintered back in winter silent dinners, bitter
He was with her in dreams
Gray and blue and fights and tunnels
Handcuffed to the spell I was under
For just one hour of sunshine
Years of labour, locks, and ceilings
In the shade of how he was feeling
But it's gonna be alright, I did my time
[Chorus]
Now, pretty baby, I'm running back home to you
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
Fresh out the slammer, uh
[Part II: You Are In Love]
[Verse]
Morning, his place
Burnt toast, Sunday
You keep his shirt
He keeps his word
And for once, you let go
Of your fears and your ghosts
One step, not much
But it said enough
You kiss on sidewalks
You fight and you talk
One night he wakes
Strange look on his face
Pauses, then says
You're my best friend
And you knew what it was
He is in love
[Chorus]
You can hear it in the silence, silence, you
You can feel it on the way home, way home, you
You can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
[Bridge]
Uh-Uh
And so it goes
You two are dancing in a snow globe, 'round and 'round
And he keeps the picture of you in his office downtown
And you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars
And why I've spent my whole life tryin' to put it into words
[Chorus]
'Cause you can hear in the silence
You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You are in love, true love
You are in love
You can hear it in the silence, silence, you
You can feel it on the way home, way home, you
You can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
[Part III: Fresh Out The Slammer / You Are In Love]
[Chorus]
Now, pretty baby, I'm running back home to you
You're in love
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
True love
And now, pretty baby, I'm running back home to you
True love
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
[Part IV: Fresh Out The Slammer]
[Bridge]
Uh, I'm running
To the house where you still wait up, and that porch light gleams
To the one who says I'm the girl of his American dreams
And no matter what I've done, it wouldn't matter anyway
Ain't no way I'm gonna screw up now that I know what's at stake
Here, at the park where we used to sit on children's swings
Wearing imaginary rings
[Part V: You Are In Love / Fresh Out The Slammer]
[Outro]
'Cause you're in love
True love
You are in love
I'm running back home to you
'Cause you're in love
True love