Outbound Plane Lyrics - Griffith Nanci

by Nanci Griffith, Tom Russell 

Don't want to be standing here 

With this ticket for this outbound plane 

Cause I've been here before 

And somehow this doesn't feel the same 

Talk is cheap so we could talk all night long 

We may never figure out just where your love went wrong 

Chorus: 

Don't want to be standing here 

And I ain't gonna want to be talking here 

And I ain't gonna really care who's to blame 

If love won't fly out on its own free will 

It's going to catch that outbound plane 

The old folks say that love's not forever any more 

Because these young people walk away from love alone to pace the floor 

Young or old guys say that love is still the same 

And you may walk away from love but you'll fall head and heels again 

Two lonely hearts in this airport knowing 

Neither cares where that other heart is going 

That frown your wearing's just your 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 to that lonely plane that's flying outside