VETA’S LAUGHING / door slams / no wallet and no key / a fine rain on an icy wind and no way back in / and somewhere high above there’s Veta laughing / salt fish signora / I promise no long distance calls / I would not interrupt your tearing those icing holes but you don’t know how back at home Veta’s laughing / I can’t stand to lose one minute more / oh god, give me a wrecking ball / now, patience I say / patience I say / I know the spares are coming / it’ll be okay / this fine rain on an ice wind / are you sure there’s absolutely sure there’s no way back in? now I know they can hear every fluted note I sing / god, they must dread the ballast dumped from my heart / bang, in the middle of sleeping hour / I’ve never been more aware than when I can hear Veta laughing / there she goes again / Veta’s laughing