| Words and music by geddy lee and neil peart | |
| (original first stanza) | |
| Airport scurry flurry faces | |
| Parade of passers by | |
| People going many places | |
| With a smile or just a sigh | |
| Waiting waiting pass the time | |
| Another cigarette | |
| Get in line - gate thirty-nine | |
| The time is not here yet (end) | |
| Why try? i know why | |
| The feeling inside me says it's time i was gone | |
| Clear head, new life ahead | |
| I want to be king now not just one more pawn | |
| Fly by night, away from here | |
| Change my life again | |
| Fly by night goodbye my dear | |
| My ship isn't coming and i just can't pretend | |
| Moon rise, thoughtful eyes | |
| Staring back at me from the window beside | |
| No fright or hindsight | |
| Leaving behind that empty feeling inside | |
| Start a new chapter | |
| Find what i'm after | |
| It's changing every day | |
| The change of a season | |
| Is enough of a reason | |
| To want to get away | |
| Quiet and pensive | |
| My thoughts apprehensive | |
| The hours drift away | |
| Leaving my homeland | |
| Playing a lone hand | |
| My life begins today |