Choking on the thought of leaving
Drinking to keep from sobbing
4 PM, four dollar pints
At SFO, the time and price
With all my happiness aborted
The PA painfully starts boarding
I sink deep, thirty thousand feet
Into my window seat, electric chair
And I was drinking you goodbye
My 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
Hopeful thoughts of soon returning
Can't put out my stomach burning
Plastic wings and plastic smiles
And salted peanuts to stretch my miles
Choking on the thought of leaving
Drinking to keep from heaving
5 PM, five dollar pints
Abbot Airlines, time and price
And I was drinking you goodbye
My 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
My 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