Airport

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[rolling-suitcase wheels clatter over tile, gate beeps, a PA chime; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the wheels and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
End of the red, end of the gold, the bottom of the line,
the busiest airport in the world, and it's all on time;
roll the suitcase, hear the gate-beep ring,
the Airport humming like a living thing.

[Chorus]
Airport, Airport, roll and chime,
a quarter-billion souls on the southbound line;
wheels, wheels, wheels on the terminal tile,
the gateway of the world in a Georgia mile.

[Verse 2]
Concourse hum and the boarding call,
the whole earth passing through the southern hall;
every wheel a journey, every gate a door,
the Airport sending you out to explore.

[Chorus]
Airport, Airport, roll and chime,
a quarter-billion souls on the southbound line;
wheels, wheels, wheels on the terminal tile,
the gateway of the world in a Georgia mile.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the rolling suitcase rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]