Grounded

If that brute takes off, tell me why can’t I
spread bony wings and leap into the air?
The jumbo jet was never meant to fly.

Sucked into the vacuum of the sky
there’s Superman in crimson underwear.
If that brute takes off, tell me why can’t I?

A stream of icy vapour caught my eye
and then I wondered how he climbs the stair.
The jumbo jet was never meant to fly.

Cirrostratus gravity defy;
four hundred tons of metal isn’t fair.
If that brute takes off, tell me why can’t I?

Neglect of exercise he can’t deny
the bloated belly shows he doesn’t care.
The jumbo jet was never meant to fly.

My soaring dreams were only fettered by
the voice that asked each morning, do I dare?
If that brute takes off, tell me why can’t I?
The jumbo jet was never meant to fly.