There's a plane, it's headed for London
Twenty-four hours more and he'll be on it
And I can't show my love, and I can't stop it
Ooh, I can't stop it

There's a house there, somebody's waiting
Somebody else's arms will wrap around him
And in that moment what will he think then
When I can't touch him

Maybe my love could fly over the ocean
Maybe my heart should try to leave him alone
All that I really know is that he's going
Too far from Texas
Too close to home

In a room just outside of Houston
That's where I spend my nights trying to get through to him
He says he's coming back in every letter
But he might never, no, he might never

Maybe my love could fly over the ocean
Maybe my heart should try to leave him alone
All that I really know is that he's going
Too far from Texas
Too close to home

Does he know how long
I've waited for this love to come
Does he know I'm holding on
And that won't change no matter where he's gone

Maybe my love could fly over the ocean
Maybe my heart should try to leave him alone
All that I really know is that he's going
Too far from Texas
Too close to home

Maybe my love could fly over the ocean
Maybe my heart should try to leave him alone
All that I really know is that he's going
Too far from Texas
Too close to home

Couldn't I, couldn't I wait
Couldn't he, couldn't he stay one more day 

Couldn't I, couldn't I wait
Couldn't he, couldn't he stay one more day