Flight To Madrid (2004)

Flight To Madrid

The sun
Scatters through the blinds
Covers twist
Into a tie that binds
The breakfast nook,
Where she cries and smokes
Looking past
Curtains and plants.

D. you know
I hate it when you go.
Staring out
Over the street below.
Why don’t you come
Lie in the sun
Of Ibiza?

And we live
Between the taxi and the plane
And we love
A love which has no name
And we cry
Teardrops in the rain
Till we find
The thread of life again

In the cab
The street scenes going by
Downtown address
He tips the cab a five
Flash his badge
The receptionist she smiles
And he walks
Back into the cubes

Version five
Are we going to ship?
I don’t know
I think it’s going to slip.
By the fall?
He looks up at the timeline
On the wall.
D., it’s not going well.

Let me know
How it goes
And be sure
You bring version four.
Cause it’s good
Only if it works
And I don’t need
To be hammered any more.

And we live
Between the taxi and the plane
And we love
A love which has no name
And we cry
Teardrops in the rain
Till we find
The thread of life again.

Niccolo,
Bambino mio
Questo fai?
I’m doing fine.
Dove vai?
Prendo un café.
Veni, veni
I need to talk to you.

So Niccolo,
Have you seen Levi?
He has dropped out,
I don’t know where he moved
You, you thrive,
I see it in your eyes
But for Vai,
The atmopshere, this air…

Mr. D.
You know it’s not the air
I know I know
Speed and crystal meth
I may be blind,
But I still can see
He should leave,
Come lie in the sun
Of Ibiza.

And we live
Between the taxi and the plane
And we love
A love which has no name
And we cry
Teardrops in the rain
Till we find
The thread of life again

Dance is a beat
Of ecstasy
Rock is a sound
Of needs unmet.
Pop: melody
And unity.
Jazz: harmony
And regret.

So when
Emotions cannot fit
Put them away
For another day.
With each song
Check the baggage
You carry along
Maybe this one is it.

Si senor?
I fly out to Madrid.
And then on?
On to Ibiza.
You check?
Si, the baggage
It comes with me
To the sun
Of Ibiza.

And we live
Between the taxi and the plane
And we love
A love which has no name
And we cry
Teardrops in the rain
Till we find
The thread of life again.