the escalator at the airport tonight
Crowd of people with balloons and
magic marker signs
I just walked by,
got in my car and started it up alone
I was dropping you off,
you were try ing not to cry
I wouldn't stop you if I could, I know
You gotta fly, to where you gotta go
That's the thing, the thing about life,
oh yeah
It's all the arrivals and departures
Gets us closer, takes us farther
We're all comin' and goin'
and goin' so fast
Up so high and down like that
I miss you, call me when you land
Blinkin' lights on the runway
Bringin' us back or takin' us
far away
Well, I wonder how many people have
cried in this parking lot tonight
Waiting on someone to land or watching
someone take flight
Someone's upstairs saying,
wish I could walk you to the gate
Someone's downstairs jumping in someone's
arms at the baggage claim
It's all arrivals and departures
Gets us closer, takes us farther
We're all comin' and goin',
goin' so fast
Up so high and down like that
I miss you, call me when you land
Blinkin' lights on the runway
Bringin' us back or takin'
us far away
Blinkin' lights on the runway
We're always comin' and goin',
goin' so fast, comin' and goin'
It's on the rivers and departures
Gets us closer, takes us farther
We're all comin' and goin',
goin' so fast
Up so high, down like that
I miss you, call me when you land
Blinkin' lights on the runway
Bringing us back or taking
us far away
Blinking lights on the runway
Bringing us back or taking us far away