He was a flyer for the air force   In a plane from San Antonio   I was traveling to London   He was going off to buffalo      Changing planes in Pittsburgh   We got grounded in a storm   I would give anything   To be on that flyer's arms      Now we played cards, mostly blackjack   As we sat out on the tarmac   We sang songs we knew in Spanish   As we both loved songs of language      He'd heard me on the radio   I'd seen the flyers on San Antone   I would give anything   To have that flyer for my own      God bless the flyers   Who would be flying home tonight   I would give anything   To see that flyer, flyin' tonight      Now he said he'd never married   'Cause his heart was in the clouds   And I said I was too clumsy   That I broke the wings of the loves I found      He shouted out his name to me   As I ran to make my flight   And I would give anything   To see that flyer flyin' tonight      One year I watched a war in London   In the airport leaving London   And I wondered if I'd know him   If I saw his wings in motion      Did I leave my heart in Pittsburgh   In the lightening of that flight?   I wish that you could tell me now   Will he be flyin' home tonight?      Hey, God bless the flyers   Who would be flying home tonight   I would give anything   To see those flyers flyin' tonight      Hey, God bless the flyer   Who would be flying home tonight   I would give anything   To see those flyer flyin' tonight