A hundred thousand hearts a day Are vacuumed in along these runways In specks of iron from around the world Drawn to the magnetism in this place I've watched them land in the Heathrow haze Through 'Nothing to Declare' into cars that speed away I'm watching the aeroplanes comin' in Waiting for a miracle Watching the aeroplanes comin' in Wonderin' if I'll see you again Wonder if I'll see you again I understand how you had to leave You said 'back soon' and I must believe My feelings haven't changed since that fateful day You left me grounded and you flew away Over my house into the clouds
To foreign lands in the sunshine I watch the seven forty sevens climb Over my house into the clouds To foreign lands in the sunshine I wave bye bye, bye bye, A hundred thousand hearts a day Come gliding down but they don't explain An empty seat on a sold out flight A year ago on an empty night I watched you down but you never came Through 'Nothing to Declare' like a sign hangin' on my name I'm watching the aeroplanes comin' in Waiting for a miracle Watching the aeroplanes Wonderin' if I'll see you... again Over my house My house