[Verso 1]
Choking on the thought of leaving
Drinking to keep from sobbing
4 PM, four dollar pints
The SFO, the time and price
[Verso 2]
With all my happiness aborted
The PA painfully starts boarding
I sink deep, thirty thousand feet
Into my window seat electric chair
[Coro]
And I was drinking you goodbye
A heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago
I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do
If I don't return to you
[Verso 3]
Hopeful thoughts of soon returning
Can't put out my stomach burning
Plastic wings and plastic smiles
Unsalted peanuts to stretch my miles
[Verso 4]
Choking on the thought of leaving
Drinking to keep from heaving
5 PM, five dollar pints
Hellbound Airlines, time and price
[Coro]
And I was drinking you goodbye
A heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago
I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do
If I don't return to you
I was drinking you goodbye
A heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago
I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do
If I don't return to you