Cockpit Pilot

Verse 1

Runway

Hard rain

Throttles pushed way up

I am checking every single dial

Left hand on the lever

Stiff

Clicking into gear

Heavy bird is shaking while it climbs

Chorus

Oh I am the pilot of her cockpit

I know just where to land this load

The pilot of her cockpit

Lower down the landing gear

Coming in hot

Coming in fast

The pilot of her cockpit

I know just where to land this load

Verse 2

Engines

Hot metal

Flaps open wide now

Screaming through the thick of the clouds

Pressure

Rising

Building in the pipes

Hold it steady

Bring it down

I see the strip below

Target locked

Deep

Fast

Pulling back the yoke to feel the grip

Chorus

Oh I am the pilot of her cockpit

I know just where to land this load

The pilot of her cockpit

Lower down the landing gear

Coming in hot

Coming in fast

The pilot of her cockpit

I know just where to land this load

Bridge

The tower says clear

Clear to go

Clear to fly

Clear to drop

Right on the mark

Right on the time

Right on the money

Everything overflows

Chorus

Oh I am the pilot of her cockpit

I know just where to land this load

The pilot of her cockpit

Lower down the landing gear

Coming in hot

Coming in fast

The pilot of her cockpit

I know just where to land this load

Outro

Touch down

Engines cooling

I landed it

Right there

Right there

Yeah I landed

Post-Chorus

Landing it

Landing it

Right in the center

Landing it

Landing it

Deep in the hanger

Yeah

Yeah

Outro

Check the flight log

Mission complete

Ground control knows

The delivery was sweet

I shut the power off

Let the fuel burn out

No more turbulence

No more doubt

Just the quiet room

And the heavy heat

The captain is home

Mission complete

Yeah

Right there

Done

(Fade out)