Airport - Peter Hammill

I stand on the tallest building

And stare down at the grey runway

And the tail-smoke of the Boeing jet

That’s taking you so far away

Believe me, I don’t want you to leave me;

Look in my eyes and you’ll see them

Filled with pain

Imagine just how sad I’ll be

In some future day when I turn

And no longer see your face

All I can now cry is goodbye, love, goodbye

In a week, in a month, in a year

In a lifetime how I’ll feel none can tell

All I know is now you’re going

There’s really no-one here to help

Believe me, I don’t want you to leave me;

Look in my eyes and you’ll see them

Filled with pain

Imagine just how sad I’ll be

In some future day when I turn

And no longer see your face

All I can now cry is goodbye, love, goodbye

Already it’s too late, you’re through the boarding-gate

And walking on the tarmac

Already you are free, already you’ve left me

And cannot bear to look back, can you?

A brief taxi on the runway

Then up into the stilling night sky;

And I’m standing on the observation tower

My eyes too dimmed by distance to cry

Believe me, I don’t want you to leave me;

Look in my eyes and you’ll see them

Filled with pain

Imagine just how sad I’ll be

In some future day when I turn

And no longer see your face

All I can now do is walk away alone

Without you