It was the year of 1946

The war was just a memory

There was a young man

Spending his last dollar

Cheerfully

That airplane didn't look too ready

To tame the north country

That was a dream

That would scare the hell out of people

Like you and me.



He sees the highways in the sky

Highways in the sky

Other people just squint their eyes

He sees the highways in the sky.

He sees the highways in the sky.



What makes a young man's dreams have wings

While others fear to fall

What makes him see a world so big

And want to take it and make it small

Take all of his money

And take his whole life

And gamble the whole damn thing

What makes him want to get closer

To hearing the songs that the angels sing



He sees the highways in the sky

Highways in the sky

Other people just squint their eyes

He sees the highways in the sky.

He sees the highways in the sky.



Now it's 1984

The old days have faded away

There goes a jet bound for Honolulu

With that old name on the tail

Years of fighting rules

And battling fools

And thin-lipped government men

Won't stop three hundred souls

From reaching Honolulu

Or that dream from playing over again



He sees the highways in the sky

Highways in the sky

Other people just squint their eyes

He sees the highways in the sky.

He sees the highways in the sky