Ngaire - The Mutton Birds

The plane touches down

The lounge fills up again

With retired couples from the midwestern USA

They blink in the foreign light

And admire each other’s shoes

I’ve seen a lot of new shoes today

You should have let me know

That you weren’t getting on your flight

You should have called me so I wouldn’t be calling you now

On this line you sound so strange

And I’m running out of change

I’m standing, but it feels like falling…

Ngaire I’m not lying to you

Ngaire I’ve been trying to do right from the start

And if you doubt what’s in my heart you can break it open

But be careful when you do

'Cause inside there’s a girl who looks like you

You knew I had to come here

You knew there was no work at home

You said you’d join me when the coast was clear

Now I take the escalator down

I get the bus back into town

I’m as free as the planes up in the air

Is that the sun

That’s rising on you now?

And did it shine

The day you changed your mind?

Oh Ngaire, oh Ngaire

Oh Ngaire I’m not lying to you

Ngaire I’ve been trying to do right from the start

And if you doubt what’s in my heart you can break it open

But be careful when you do

'Cause inside there’s a girl who looks like you

Inside there’s a girl who looks like you

Inside there’s a girl who looks like you

Inside there’s a girl who looks like you

Inside there’s a girl who looks like you

Looks like you

Looks like you