[Verse 1: Matt Skiba]
Choking on the thought of leaving, drinking to keep from sobbing
4 PM, four dollar pints, The SFO, the time and price
With all my happiness aborted the PA painfully starts boarding
I sink deep, thirty thousand feet into my window seat electric chair

[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
And I was drinking you goodbye, a heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do if I don't return to you

[Verse 2: Matt Skiba]
Hopeful thoughts of soon returning can't put out my stomach burning
Plastic wings and plastic smiles, unsalted peanuts to stretch my miles
Choking on the thought of leaving, drinking to keep from heaving
5 PM, five dollar pints, Hellbound Airlines, time and price

[Chorus: Matt Skiba & Dan Andriano]
And I was drinking you goodbye, a heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do if I don't return to you
I was drinking you goodbye, a heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do if I don't return to you