TERMINAL - noa

upon release, the doctors recommended a monthly\nvisit to the aviation pier,\nit does me good to see a big steel bird\ntaking off through a transparent tear\nso now i’m feeling better, less pressure on\nthe laundered eye, a little less to fear.\ni choose a positive afternoon,\nthe airport’s straight ahead\ni tell myself on the way down there:\n«could this be another addiction to dread?»\nmyself replies, with a glimmer in her eyes:\n«we could always do push-ups instead».\nterminal, je t’aime, i love you terminal, bella mia.\nthe doors guess my intentions\nand slide to let me in\ni take my steppin' slowly\nwith a ritual back-side swing,\nintercontinental jive\nis live and tickling\ni gotta calm down in the lavatoire\ni look into the mirror, a maniac looks back\nterminal’s a chick like all chicks are\ni know at least a dozen girls like that\nshe’s standing there, with her short cropped hair,\nlike something suspicious aboard swissair\na real bomb-shell,\nher earring hook,\nthe security guard gives her penetrating look.\nterminal, je t’aime, i love you terminal, bella mia.\ni gotta find a flight, but i don’t know how!\nrome through zurich is leaving about now\npolite pager lady telling me it’s time\ndeep inside i’ve made up my mind\npolite pager is getting uptight\ni gotta go upstairs and see my flight!\ninside, my passion’s burning bright!\nshe’s running now, she’s flying high\ntaking off into the blood-red sky\nreflected in this tearful joker’s eyes\nterminal, je t’aime, i love you terminal, bella mia.\nit’s all a joke, i say to me\nthen suddenly i hear the boom!\nexplosion tears the sky apart\na panicked flurry fills the room\nand so i turn and take a bow\ni think i’m feeling better now.\nupon release, the doctors recommended a monthly\nvisit to the aviation pier,\nit really does me good to see a big steel bird\ntake off through a transparent tear,\nafter that the pressure’s not so bad\nthere’s so much less to fear