The Arrival's Gate Lyrics by Ani Difranco
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gonna go out
to the arrivals gate at the airport
and sit there all day
watch people reuniting
public affection is so exciting
it even makes airports ok
watching children run
with their arms outstretched
just to throw those arms
around their grandpas' necks
watching lovers plant kisses
old men to their misses
at the arrivals gate

watching a mother
with a mother's smile
don't tell me to move
i just wanna sit here for a while
i have determined
it's a sure cure for cancer
watching excitment turn family
dogs into dancers
at the arrivals gate

i got me a white bread sandwich
with some shredded lettuce
and i got me a ringside view
for my quaint little fetish

i just wanna drain my little pink heart
of all its malice
and kick back for the afternoon
in this flourescent palace

everybody's in a hurry
here in purgatory
except for me
i'm where i need to be

at the arrivals gate
gonna go out   to the arrivals gate at the airport   and sit there all day   watch people reuniting   public affection is so exciting   it even makes airports ok   watching children run   with their arms outstretched   just to throw those arms    around their grandpas' necks   watching lovers plant kisses   old men to their misses   at the arrivals gate      watching a mother   with a mother's smile   don't tell me to move   i just wanna sit here for a while   i have determined   it's a sure cure for cancer   watching excitment turn family   dogs into dancers   at the arrivals gate      i got me a white bread sandwich   with some shredded lettuce   and i got me a ringside view   for my quaint little fetish      i just wanna drain my little pink heart   of all its malice   and kick back for the afternoon   in this flourescent palace      everybody's in a hurry   here in purgatory   except for me   i'm where i need to be      at the arrivals gate