| As a child I looked at airplanes
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| Learned all their technical names
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| I never could guess what they’d do
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| And I spent my youth waiting in airports
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| Convinced of a purpose
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| I’m lit up, I’m love, I’m a man
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| And I’ve rented rooms that change with the seasons
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| I forget the reasons
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| The bottom falls out, I’m alone
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| I hid in the corner, the tanks on parade down below
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| Looking back homewards, shedding old tears for you
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| But can I stay with you just for a little while
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| Been trouble all behind
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| And lying here beside you
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| Hell I want to get it right this time
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| When I make it home I’ll hand out key-chains
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| And souvenir ashtrays
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| But I’ll save the full story for you
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| When I make it home, get a house like my brothers'
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| And be a good husband
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| All simple and static and whole
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| I’ll probably be older, when the fever burns out of my mind
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| But I gotta tell you, I’m lit-up, I’m filled up and trying |