Lyrics

[Verse 1] Choking on the thought of leaving Drinking to keep from sobbing 4 PM, four dollar pints The SFO, the time and price With all my happiness aborted The PA painfully starts boarding I sink deep, thirty thousand feet Into my window seat electric chair [Chorus] And I was drinking you goodbye My heart floats in the bay From sour home Chicago I hear it beating far away And there's no telling what I'll do If I don't return to you [Verse 3] Hopeful thoughts of soon returning Can't put out my stomach burning Plastic wings and plastic smiles Unsalted peanuts to stretch my miles Choking on the thought of leaving Drinking to keep from heaving 5 PM, five dollar pints Hell-bound Airlines, time and price [Chorus] And I was drinking you goodbye My heart floats in the bay From sour home Chicago I hear it beating far away And there's no telling what I'll do If I don't return to you