airport road there s a bus turned over many people died i guess i should ve been a soldier what the hell you know it s not my fault we been stranded here and it s too far to walk it s late afternoon approaching evening now and i m just sitting in this airport bar wondering how how i got here and how to get home has anyone around seen a payphone i gotta get out of here and i m stranded the west of my coast i just need to get home and i ll be back here before you know so how about it mr pilot won t you let my people go hungry now get a bite to eat and the pilot sits down to rest his feet a fat man walks into the pizza shop another little one walks out with nothing pretty girl walks by and i say she turns her back guess i caught her eye the cripple rolls backwards in a wheelchair and the pretty girl stops to fix her hair and i gotta get out of here cause i m stranded the west of my coast and i just need to get home and i ll be back here before you know so how about it mr pilot won t you let my people go cop tackles me down shouts give me a hand and his partner comes up and says you got the wrong man so the night grows on and i m in the call a friend at home says i wish you were here oh how i wish you were here i talk to a stranger to pass the time says how are you boy cause i m doing fine place grows cold so i put a sweater on i turn to reply but the stranger was gone the stranger was gone and i m stranded the west of my coast i just need to get home and i ll be back here before you know so how about it mr pilot won t you let my people go i take one more drink and i get up from my seat and i try not to fall asleep the rich push their carts and they prepare to fly as a little boy stops and waves goodbye stops to wave goodbye oh and he waves goodbye and i m stranded at the west of my coast and i just want to get home and i ll be back here before you know so how about it mr pilot won t you let my people go 