[Verse 1]
Nobody told me it'd be easy
Nobody told me everything would be just fine
I don't know where or when I pulled these promises out of thin air
Or if there's such a thing as fair
I think about these things on airplanes
I'm never lonely until cruising altitude
I don't need anybody when I've got my feet flat on the ground
Or when I've got a night in town
[Chorus]
I gotta be at LAX, at JFK
At CDG, LGA
LHR, where are you?
Flight delay at O'Hare
I could be anywhere
I don't care, where are you?
I felt the same yesterday, 7,000 miles away
Everybody thinks I've changed
But what's strange is I'm okay
At LAX, at JFK
At CDG, LGA
I'm on my way
[Verse 2]
I used to dream that I was falling
Now every nightmare is an infinite ascent
Where am I gonna go
When there's no map, no street, no road up here
And it's too late to disappear?
[Chorus]
I gotta be at LAX, at JFK
At CDG, LGA
LHR, where are you?
Flight delay at O'Hare
I could be anywhere
I don't care, where are you?
I felt the same yesterday, 7,000 miles away
Everybody thinks I've changed
But what's strange is I'm okay
At LAX, at JFK
At CDG, LGA
Where am I today?
I'm still on my way to somewhere
[Bridge]
Baby, I'm not afraid of crashing
I'm not afraid of going down
But I'm so scared of climbing higher
I'm too familiar with the ground
I used to be afraid of losing
But now I'm frightened to succeed
You got me crying on the airplane
I ain't no victim, but I need you
[Chorus]
To pick me up at LAX, at JFK
At CDG, LGA
LHR, where are you?
Flight delay at O'Hare
I could be anywhere
I don't care, where are you?
I felt the same yesterday, 7,000 miles away
Everybody thinks I've changed
But what's strange is I'm okay
At LAX, at JFK
At CDG, LGA
[Outro]
Nobody told me it'd be easy