Terminal

Upon release, the doctors recommended a monthly
Visit to the aviation pier
It does me good to see a big steel bird
Taking off through a transparent tear
So now i'm feeling better, less pressure on
The laundered eye, a little less to fear

I choose a positive afternoon
The airport's straight ahead
I tell myself on the way down there:
"could this be another addiction to dread?"
Myself replies, with a glimmer in her eyes:
"we could always do push-ups instead"

Terminal, je t'aime, i love you terminal, bella mia

The doors guess my intentions
And slide to let me in
I take my steppin' slowly
With a ritual back-side swing
Intercontinental jive
Is live and tickling

I gotta calm down in the lavatoire
I look into the mirror, a maniac looks back
Terminal's a chick like all chicks are
I know at least a dozen girls like that

She's standing there, with her short cropped hair
Like something suspicious aboard swissair
A real bomb-shell
Her earring hook
The security guard gives her penetrating look

Terminal, je t'aime, i love you terminal, bella mia

I gotta find a flight, but i don't know how!
Rome through zurich is leaving about now
Polite pager lady telling me it's time
Deep inside i've made up my mind

Polite pager is getting uptight
I gotta go upstairs and see my flight!
Inside, my passion's burning bright!

She's running now, she's flying high
Taking off into the blood-red sky
Reflected in this tearful joker's eyes

Terminal, je t'aime, i love you terminal, bella mia

It's all a joke, i say to me
Then suddenly i hear the boom!
Explosion tears the sky apart
A panicked flurry fills the room
And so i turn and take a bow
I think i'm feeling better now

Upon release, the doctors recommended a monthly
Visit to the aviation pier
It really does me good to see a big steel bird
Take off through a transparent tear
After that the pressure's not so bad
There's so much less to fear