I'm checking in, I'm checking out

The airplane has taken me to some not too familiar destination

Why me why here

Why not anywhere else with you and the morning papers you bought at the station

I know you would need me now

You're stuck with this puzzle we call life

You need an outer eye

I see that you're willing to believe that there are ways

Other than the catcher in the rye

When I'm down you lift me up

When you're down I lift you up

Like some precisely engineered machine

It's not out of fashion

It's not a question of time

To go and lift you up when you're down

...

By now I know you well

You can't pretend not to hear the dogs barking around your chair

youre holding on, going out

Hanging up, talking loud but there's always someone you'd do without

Even if it's hard, even if it's sore

I think I'm able to endure

I'll sing songs that guide you to the shore

Let me know how you feel

Let me see your tear

I'm listening, I'm standing still