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Empty Plane Lyrics by Dar Williams

Emerald

2015

[Verse 1]
I leave for a living
It’s what we all do
And I say that I’m missing the ones that I’m leaving
And I always do

But another truth is that you
Begin again every time you fly
There’s peace in the airport
Sitting at a gate by a door to the sky
So it’s hard, but it’s not hard
Fumble for your ID, credit card

[Chorus]
But then I walked on to
But then I walked on to
Then I walked on to
An empty plane

[Verse 2]
And the girl at the Starbucks
Looked like she knew me
She poured a design on the foam of my coffee
And she was smiling

I said “It’s funny how life at its best expanse
Explodes, and it overspills
But we try to fit it all in a grid
And we say it’s the strength of our will”
And she started laughing
She said “Look I made a wing, and another wing”

[Chorus]
And then I walked on to
Then I walked on to
Then I walked on to
An empty plane

[Bridge]
I was moving fast now, understanding
So much kindness, no frustration
I asked the screener:
"Does my life have a destiny?
Or just a destination?"

I thought I’d step away from my traveling
Have a little time to connect the dots
See my life like a spiral
The DNA of my dreams and thoughts

And I
Believed
In a legacy

But I stood in the jet bridge
And the young man nodded
I looked at the name tag
And said “Hello, Angel”

[Verse 4]
It was all empty seats now
Nothing in the overhead
I sat near the front and I started sleeping
And I woke in my own bed

And I said “Oh it’s a dream
But a dream that grows like a vision from a single spark”
And I thanked my dream attendants
And I rose and I dressed in the dark
It was an early one today
Yellow cab, JFK
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Dar Williams

Dar Williams

About “Empty Plane” by Dar Williams

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"Empty Plane" is credited to Dar Williams. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Empty Plane" appears on "Emerald" in 2015.

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