Is This Any Way To Run An Airline? (LP版)-Tom Paxton

[ti:Is This Any Way To Run An Airline?] [ar:Tom Paxton] [al:Outward Bound] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.07]Oh the airline ticket reservation counter lady [00:04.91]Is a very special friend of mine [00:07.43] [00:08.26]When I asked her in the morning [00:10.11]If my flight was ready [00:12.15]She assured me it was right on time [00:15.63]Oh the taxi to the airport [00:17.67]Cost me seven or eight [00:19.39]And the porter got another buck or two [00:22.86] [00:23.42]When some joker on the microphone said sorry [00:28.72]But we've got a little bad news for you [00:32.43] [00:33.01]It's getting cloudy up in Boston [00:35.36]Montreal is socked in tight [00:37.09]Washington is closed for Christmas [00:38.97]Philadelphia's out on strike [00:40.68]Minnesota's up to here in snow [00:43.06]And Tulsa's Closed tonight you know [00:45.36] [00:46.00]Please be patient five more minutes [00:47.58]Hope you have a pleasant flight [00:49.47] [00:52.62]Oh the airlines passenger relations representative [00:56.35]Was very sympathetic to me [00:59.08] [00:59.75]Just as soon as we completely [01:01.80]Overhaul your astroliner [01:03.49]You;ll be airborne just as quick as can be [01:06.87]Then of course we'll need a stewerdess [01:09.14]But never you mind [01:10.36] [01:10.93]We'll have one trained in plenty of time [01:14.12] [01:14.62]Won't you settle in our astrolounge in comfort [01:19.55]We'll be leaving at a quarter of nine [01:22.79] [01:23.83]But the astrolounge was crowded [01:25.71]And the coffee shop was crammed [01:27.35] [01:27.88]The coke machine was broken [01:29.25]And they closed the hot dog stand [01:31.40]I couldn't find a magazine [01:33.34]They broke the cigarette machine [01:35.78] [01:36.50]The shoeshine boy was sleeping [01:37.93]And my radio was jammed [01:40.00] [01:42.79]Oh I carefully examined every corner of the building [01:46.35]For the next fourteen hours or so [01:49.40] [01:50.05]And the bulletins kept coming [01:51.91]From the reservation counter [01:53.75]Yessiree we're getting ready to go [01:56.47] [01:57.20]For we're flying in another plane [01:59.46]From London you see [02:00.98]Any minute now that plane should appear [02:04.41] [02:04.98]You'll be leaving in a minute providing [02:09.93] [02:10.62]This little bit of nasty weather should clear [02:14.51] [02:15.18]For it's getting cloudy up in Boston [02:17.60]And it's snowing up in Maine [02:19.58]Los Angeles is hopeless [02:21.46]And Chicago's getting rain [02:23.30]You've had a couple dirty days [02:25.14]But your ticket's good for thirty days [02:28.19] [02:28.75]And when the runway is completed [02:30.34]Would you like to board your plane [02:32.36] [02:33.30]Is This Any Way To Run An Airline - Tom Paxton