By Nanci Griffith
Date: 16 June 2000
Outbound Plane
I don't want to be standing here
with this ticket for this outbound plane
oh, I've been here before
somehow this doesn't feel the same
talk is cheap
so we could talk all night long
and we may never figure out
just where your love went wrong
(Chorus)
'Cuz I don't wanna be standin' here
and I don't wanna be talkin' here
and I don't really care who's to blame
if love won't fly on its own free will
it's gonna catch that outbound plane
The old folks say that love's not forever anymore
because these young people walk away from love alone
to pace the floor
young or old
I say that love is still the same
you may walk away from love
but you'll fall head and heel again
'Cuz I don't wanna be standin' here
and I don't wanna be talkin' here
and I don't really care who's to blame
if love won't fly on its own free will
it's gonna catch that outbound plane
Two lonely hearts in this airport knowing
neither cares where that other heart is going
'cuz if love won't fly on its own free will
it's gonna catch that outbound plane
That frown you're wearing's just a halo turned upside down
where is the laughter we once shared
back in the lost and found
these broken wings are gonna leave me here
to stand my ground
and you can have this ticket
for that lonely plane that's flying out
'Cuz I don't wanna be standin' here
and I don't wanna be talkin' here
and I don't really care who's to blame
if love won't fly on its own free will
it's gonna catch that outbound plane
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