Gate B-Something
lyrics AImproviser ----- [Airport Terminal - Announcement] [Upbeat acoustic folk-pop, fingerstyle guitar, guitar tapping percussion, playful vocal delivery, scatting] [Intro - Scatted rhythm, finger snaps] Bop-ba-doo-wah, skip-skip-a-dee-dah Mm-hmm, yeah, just sitting here now Doo-ba-dop-a-doo-wah here we go [Verse 1 - Conversational, observational] So I pulled up this stool by gate B-something-or-other And the parade's already started Rolling suitcases - click-clack-a-rolling - polka dots and stripes and Band stickers everywhere - yeah that's commitment Lady in heels going click-click-clickety-clack like a metronome Speed-walker checkin' his watch - tick-tock-tick - Made it past me three times already Where you goin' so fast, friend? slow down now Bada-bop-bop-shoo-wah Skip-a-dee-doo-dah-day Kid just did a cartwheel - mom didn't see it - Or maybe she did and she's choosing peace today Somebody FaceTiming - volume on TEN - Now I know about Susan and her cat named Steve and his medication - whoa too much! Buh-da-bup-bup-a-doo [Chorus - Melodic, warm, with vocal echoes] We're all just passing through this way passing through Rolling our lives from A to B A to B And I'm just sitting here on my little stage Watching the beautiful comedy oh yeah, mm-hmm Doo-wah-diddy-dum-diddy-doo We're all just passing through... [Verse 2 - Faster pace, more observations, tapping] Barista making hearts in foam - shoop-shoop-a-swirl - For people scrolling Instagram they'll never know Pilots strutting by with their rolling cases Looking like they've got secrets and Cloud stories and wild turbulence - tell me, tell me Bip-bop-shoo-wah-dah Guy sleeping on his backpack - snore-snore-snuffling - Someone wearing sunglasses inside Rockstar or hangover? - I'm guessing number two Baby crying at gate 42, 43, maybe 44 That sound just echoes-echoes-echoes poor mama Woman doing yoga by the window - om-shanti-om - Downward dog at the departure lounge you do you, sister [heavy scatting] [Pre-Chorus - Building energy] And the announcements keep on comin' Now boardin', Now Boardin' Overlapping like a symphony group one, group two We're all just passing through this way passing through this way Rolling our lives from A to B gate to gate to gate And I'm just sitting here on my little stage Watching the beautiful comedy oh the comedy [scatting and improvisation] And somewhere in this terminal - doo-wah-doo - There's someone heading to a weddin' Someone running from something Someone going home, someone leaving it bop-ba-doo Reunions happening at arrivals - Flowers and signs and tears and hugs and I'm just here with my coffee gettin' cold Writing songs about strangers... hey oh, hello Shoop-shoo-wah-dah [Final Chorus - Extended, with more scatting] We're all just passing through this way through this way now Rolling our lives from A to someplace new! And I'm just sitting here on my little stage so temporary Watching the beautiful comedy beautiful, beautiful [Improvisation solo] We're all just passing through oh we're passing through [Outro - Observations continue, fading with scatting] There goes another one - zoom-zoom-zooming - Someone's running - did they make it? I think so Suitcase squeaking - eek-eek-eek-a-eek - CNN on repeat - doot-n-doo-doo - Cinnabon and jet fuel perfume - somehow it works Bip-bop-shoo-wah-dah-dum Skip-a-dee-doo-wah-day Buh-da-bup-bup-a-doo-wah mm-hmm Bop-ba-doo-wah... Ska-doo-wah-dah... Doo-wah-diddy-dum... ooooo [End - Final playful scat]
