Intro: F C F Am

Verse 1:
          F
Now boy decides he cannot walk
         C
Boy decides to take the train
              F
And sing and swing his arms softly
           Am
Watch himself in the windowpane
        F
And he says "This is necessary
        C
And though she said I should not run again
F
I just could not live under the same roof as him."


     Am                            C
"And in the desert I deserve some sleep
                F                        Am
And I need recourse for the course I am taking."
                  F
And we just got word from your mother
              C
Who said she's awfully sorry
        F
But she understands
              Am
It's just she loves her man


    C
But what's the problem?
F                                     Am
Yeah, he's been burnin' your blankets all this time
F
It's, it's for your own good
C                       F
That you learn to be a cold man too


         Am
And he could not go home to his mother
C
Cause she's in love with an animal
F
Nothing to hold in his arms
C
They both became mechanical

Chorus:
F                      Am
Only the girl in the airplane he'd

Read about when he was small
F
Could save him
                   C
Be the friend he needed all along
     F
And she'd love him, she'd love him, love him

Verse 2:
         C
In the desert, there's a man with his arms by his side
              F
But they're severed so the day when he will look into her eyes
            F                                   Am
He'll say "How I have been waving to get your attention all this time."
         C
And he will not see a river for another thousand miles
          F
But her lips will be like water when she gives the boy a smile
           Am
And says, "How I have been searching for you man all the while."


      C                                F
There ain't no birds out here near the cactus
                         Am
The place where you are lying
        F                              C
But the raw pink sky is clear, and she turns his head
                  F
And said, "Is it a jet propeller I hear?"
          Am                     F
And she says "Boy, am I glad to see you."
                                   C
And boy decides to hold her hand with the hands held by
     F
The new arms that she had brought and given him

Chorus:
Am                      F
Only the girl in the airplane he'd

Read about when he was small
C
Could save him
                   F
Be the friend he needed all along
    Am
And he'd love her, he'd love her

Verse 3:
         C
In the desert, there's a plant with its arms raisin' high
              F
And they're never gonna' sever cause she looks into his eyes
   F                      Am
Today to say, "I've been waiting all the while."


         C
In the desert, there's a plant with its arms raisin' high
              F
And they're never gonna' sever cause she looks into his eyes
   F                      Am
Today to say, "I've been waiting all the while."

Outro:
          C
Yeah she saved him
       F
It was so lovely
       Am
She'd saved him
            F
I wish somebody'd up and save me


          C
Yeah she saved him
       F
It was so lovely
       Am
She'd saved him
                      C
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me
            F          C
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me
            F          C
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me
            F          C
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me