Floating Lyrics - Blue Rodeo

Well, these late night conversations 

Leave a strange taste, 

Like french cigarettes. 

And these colored drinks 

That you keep on throwin' at me 

Just keep on reminding me 

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 

But it hurts just the same. 

And now both of us know 

The leaves will fall on their own. 

Just throw me a line 

That's all that I ask 

Well, it's sink or swim and I'm goin' fast 

I need love and it's you 

And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool. 

Yea, 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 

And now all that we share 

Is a collection of tears.