The Flyer - Nanci Griffith

He was a flyer for the Air Force

On a plane from San Antonio

I was traveling to London

He was going off to Buffalo

Changing planes in Pittsburgh

We got grounded in a storm

Now, I would give anything

To be on that flyer’s arm

We played cards, mostly blackjack

As we sat out on the tarmac

We sang songs we knew in Spanish

As we both loved songs of language

He’d heard me on the radio

I’d seen the flyers on San Antone

Now, I would give anything

To have that flyer for my own

God bless the flyer

Who would be flying home tonight

I would give anything

To see that flyer, flyin' tonight

He said he’d never married

'cause, his heart was in the clouds

And I said I was too clumsy

That I broke the wings of the loves I found

He shouted out his name to me

As I ran to make my flight

Now, I would give anything

To see that flyer, flyin' tonight

One year I watched a war in London

In the airport leaving London

And I wondered if I’d know him

If I saw his wings in motion

Did I leave my heart in Pittsburgh…

In the lightening of that flight?

I wish that you could tell me now

Will he be flyin' home tonight?

God bless the flyer

Who would be flying home tonight

I would give anything

To see that flyer, flyin' tonight

God bless the flyer

Who would be flying home tonight

I would give anything

To see that flyer, flyin' tonight