Written by Shawn Colvin/John Leventhal
Intro A F A F A Verse Em F Dm A Another plane went down today in the Atlantic, nine miles off shore Em F Dm A And every single black car that goes by just might be yours Em F Dm I haven't moved from this spot, I sit here watching TV in bed A Em F Dm I wanna see if the crash was sabotage, I wanna know if everyone is dead Instrumental A F A F A Verse Em F Dm A I remember when I was fifteen, me and Liz would ride around Em F Dm A We liked to smoke in the car in the winter, with all the windows rolled down Em F Dm A I had a dream a plane exploded over the lake one afternoon Em F Dm I still remember the feeling when I woke up, I can't describe the magnitude Verse G Dm So many other dreams G Dm The one that I had today Em F You and the Italian woman, naked C F Your fingers between her legs G Dm She lay like a body in the water G Dm She barely made a sound Em F She fell as quiet, as quiet C Dm As a leaf falling to the ground Instrumental A F A F A Verse Em F Dm A Meanwhile back on earth, I told you to fuck off and go away Em F Dm I've gotta call my friend who moved from New York to LA A Em F Dm Five days before Christmas last year, his girlfriend died in a plane crash and A Em F Dm He says, the way that it happens is your heart is so heavy, it rips away upon impact Bridge Em Dm Then you just bleed inside Em Dm You don't even feel a thing Em Dm They found her on a hill in Columbia Em Dm Intact among the debris Verse G Dm So many other dreams G Dm The ones where I'm on death row Em F The ones where I don't know why C F The one where my parents drove G Dm I wish I was with you now G Dm Down at the Sixth Street bar Em F Laughing at the singer C Dm Smoking in the car Outro A F A F A F A F