The traffic at this hour is so thick that he's afraid he might be late Her flight arrives at seven ten and he remembers How the lady hates to wait and he remembers losing her And begging her to give him time to change Now his mind is numb 'cause the time has come His final chance is coming in on that plane She fastens up her seat belt And nervously she finishes her drink An all night flight from L.A. can give a woman A little bit too much time to think And she hopes deep in her heart That he'll be different but she knows he'll be the same And she wonders if the stewardess would be Kind enough to just let her stay on that plane That plane settling in to the heavy city haze Where she remembers guilty nights and baby please forgive me days
As she slowly unfastens her belt and he clutches the wheel That plane screaming as loud as the pain that they both feel He's one mile from the airport Damn traffic's backed up all along the lane She waits five minutes takes a breath And turns around and gets back on the aeroplane She'll ride it through to Denver She's got friends there, they could spend a little time 'Cause she knew he'd never be there And he knows she never was the waiting kind That plane rising up into the heavy city haze Where she remembers guilty nights and baby please forgive me days That plane screaming as loud as the pain that they both feel As she slowly unfastens her belt and he clutches the wheel