The stars are bright in the velvet night

You could read a book in the full moonlight

Flyin' in the clouds, what a heavenly gift

If I was afraid to fly, I'd be afraid to live



Engines humming you can hear me coming

Flash in the sky like a star going by

Delivering the mail

On the graveyard shift

If I was afraid to fly, I'd be afraid to live



Pilot seat in an old tin can

Gaffers tape and rubber bands

Hear the choirs in the rush of the air

Too much weight

I'm more awake than scared

Underpaid dog-tired

Bleary-eyed, coffee wired

Boring a hole in the black of night

The company knows I'd pay them

To let me fly



Columbus lies over the edge of the world

I don't miss the crowd

I don't miss my girl



Sometimes my head spins out on me

I think I sense eternity

A pressure differental results in lift

I keep my thoughts from drifting

If I was afraid to fly, I'd be afraid to live



Out of the night and the wheels touch down

Three A.M. in Columbus Town

Distant flash from a thunder cloud

Got to get a clearence got to bail out now

Down on the ground

I'm just another stiff

If I was afraid to fly, I'd be afraid to live