We Don't Talk - Deb Talan

If I had a hammer and you had a rock

We could break this whole thing down

If you had a hammer, and I had a rock

This could feel and look like Brokentown

‘Cause we don’t talk like lovers

We don’t talk like friends

And when we talk to each other

It sounds like the end of something

If you had a hammer and I had a rock

We could do some damage somewhere else instead

I’d have a hammer and you’d have a rock

We could wreck some bridge besides this bed

Nothing stays the same

Paul and Holly Go-lightly came in from the rain

And she never knew what he was thinking

And they both knew how to drink and drink and just keep drinking

Now they don’t talk

If I had a hammer and you had a rock

We could make a lot more noise

If you had a hammer, and I had a rock

We could drown our voices out and spare the boys

So this is the end

Could it be the end of pointless fights?

This is the end?

So fine, we got a chance to make it right

Could it be the end of all these lonely nights when we don’t talk

If we could talk like lovers

If we could talk like friends

Then when we talk to each other

It might be the end

But we could begin with some