Alternative Version (Bill Nabb at the piano)
Alternative Version (Bill Nabb and Guitar)
(White/Cop/Nabb)
Verse 1
Drink a glass of water
When the room is on fire
Smoke a cigarette
Place another bet
That it’s gonna rain
Before the house burns down
Verse 2
Up on the roof
Watch the clouds go by
With any luck
A friend will turn up
With a j and some beers
And we’ll be flying high
Bridge
We’re gonna tear up the night
Break a few hearts get into a fight
Tear this playhouse down and howl at the moon
We’re gonna reach for the stars wake up behind bars
But when morning comes where is everyone you know?
Fair weather friends they come and they go
And I can see the landing lights below
Chorus
Coming in on a wing and a prayer
No-one to catch me
There’s nobody there
Most people fall in love
Me I’m just falling
Answer the phone
I feel so alone
Can’t you hear me calling?
Hurry cause I haven’t long i know
And I can see the landing lights below
Verse 3
I’m on my way to heaven
I’m on the first stair
But I couldn’t go
I had nothing to wear
Checked out
Checked back in
Still nobody there
Coming in on a wing and a prayer
Coming in on a wing and a prayer
I’m coming in on a wing
And a prayer