Sixteen hours from London
Flying on a Dc-10
You know I wonder
if when that plane sets down
I'll ever be able to walk again
I spent thirty five days in Europe
Singing 'til my voice is gone
You know there's never time enough
to get a good night's sleep
What is this road that I've been running on

I've got to stop this flight
I got to get back to earth
Hey, I'm a human being
God knows what that's worth

I'm not meant to be stranded
on some empty stage
And end up lonely in my old age
I've got to stop
Stop this flight

People try to twist your message
Reporters try to twist your mind
You know I just can't wait
'til I can get back home
I really miss that girl of mine
She's the only one I really (can) talk to
She's where my heart begins and ends
It ain't no lust or money relationship, uh uh
We were teenage buddies and childhood friends

Come on stop this flight
Help me God, get back to earth
Hey, I'm a human being
God knows what that's worth

And now I'm moving like a dancer
on a empty stage
But I'll be risen from this prison
at the end of the age
Yeah eh
Oh

I'm always locked up in the studio
Hey, this ain't no way to live
You know they never like my albums
'til the records sell
And they always want
more than I can possibly give
I've been struggling for inspiration
An' hoping that the songs don't flop
And I'll be waiting like a beggar
for the option to drop
You've got to live up to the contract
'til they tell you to stop

You've gotta stop this flight
You've got to get back to earth
Hey, we are human beings
God knows what that's worth

We're not meant to be trapped
in this fleshly cage
And end up screaming like a demon
at the end of the age
We're meant to stop the flights
(Stop this flight)
That's right stop it stop it
(Stop this flight)
You've got to stop your flight
(Stop this flight)
Stop your flight

(Stop this flight) Stop running around
(Stop this flight) Get your feet on the ground
(Stop this flight)
You've got to stop this flight
(Stop this flight) You know who you are
(Stop this flight)
You know what you're supposed to do
(Stop this flight)
You've got to stop this, stop, stop, stop
(Stop this flight) Running around
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(Stop this flight)