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