Window Blues
Lykke Li
Youth Novels (2008)

I sleep with windows open
I sleep with eyes wide
in case you would come walk in
in case you change your mind

but don't strain yourself for me
don't break yourself for me
don't lose your selfish ways for me.

I keep a leash around you
and I keep it nice and tight
in case you would go walking
over forbidden lines

but don't go all soft on me
don't come across for me
don't lose your selfish ways over me.

une, deux, trois
quartre, cinq, seis,
a hundred times around
you keep on flunking out
keep me wanting more

une, deux, trois
quartre, cinq, seis,
a hundred times is fine
for you I go all blind

oh my, where is my mind?

I keep my window open.
I keep it open wide
so keep me keep it open
oh keep me on your mind