Grant McLennan - When word gets around lyrics

A man stands by a window
He breathes like a bird

There's a rose by the window
Sitting pretty proud and red
Clothes lie abandoned, discarded
Right across the bed

Two day old papers lie on the floor
Flaking paint sit's in his hair
He wonders why he came here
He wonders why she's not there
Won't you help me to hear that sound?
We'll keep together when word gets around

He feels the draw and pump
The movement of blood around his heart
He thinks he's on a parachute
Falling quickly through the dark

What he wants to know is
What do you do when the goodtimes fly?
Because the pieces don't fit together
When a sweetheart lies

Won't you help me to hear that sound?
We'll keep it together
When word gets around

He wants to let her know he's found a word
But that word is in peril
It's a word that keeps warm
Under a bird's wing -
That word is "gentle"

Won't you help me to hear that sound?
We'll keep it together
When word gets around