Pan Am Pam

Pan Am Pam

My name is Pam with a nice pretty Mom

All through my youth at language I shone

 I passed all my grades and shouted out loud

I did it for Mom I knew she was proud

A vacancy came up for a queen of the skies

At Pan Am school they said it's my eyes

You'll charm all the cabin with beautiful smiles

Travel the world and cover some miles

At the inspection we jumped on the scale

My girdle is killing and making me pale

Salad for dinner to make the fine weights

A uniform fitting the same as my mates

My first flight was tricky out of the States

 Young men and old men where asking for dates

 Passengers ask me how long till we land

A child gets so scared I hold her young hand

Off to Paris perfumes galore

A few handsome French men knocked at my door

One stayed till breakfast clothes on the floor

This jet setting lifestyle give me some more

2.

Telling my Mom I'm early to bed

Flights to hot beaches my skin it turns red

Soon I am brown and talk to the crew

A handsome young captain I serve him a brew

A man in each city one is called Harry

I just can't decide he's asked me to marry

I don't need his offer as life is a ball

I have lots of boyfriends at my beck and call

We push through the sky then land with a roar

The smiles all appear when you open the door

The aircraft is empty you check under seats

For purses and handbags left by the feet

We swap all the gossip and tell all the tales

The next flight it beckons it's back on the scales

The old hand tells us our weight is the same

The company rules now don't ever wane

                                                                                                                                                                         

The designer fit uniforms the best in the air

The same make up colours no streaks in the hair

Now come on you air queens give us a twirl

Go out and show them you are a pearl

3.

The food on the flights nothing compares

Made by a French Chef you lay out the wares

We set out the plates with ultimate care

Mouth watering cuisine the sixties fine fare

The rest is familiar you've heard it before

Too many people when we closed the door

The new 747 took off with a roar

The days of the jet set were over for sure

Men at the top with more money than sense

Tried to expand and hang the expense

We lost all our money on half filled planes

The cheaper airlines they weren't to blame

My last flight to Paris I bought Mom a dress

Some perfume and handbags and shoes to impress

I chatted for hours about life in the air

I made her comfy and styled her old hair

I'm Pan Am Pam and work on the ground

I've seen the whole world and I've been around

I train the new staff for a firm in the west

I flew in those days when life was the best

Kevin Humphreys  19th November 2011