The Night Flight From Houston Songtext / Lyric

It was the night flight from Houston.

Almost perfect visibility.

You could see the lights

from all the little Texas towns far below.

And I was sitting next to a fifty-two year old woman

who had never been on a plane before.

And her son had sent her a ticket and said:

"Mom, you've raised ten kids; it's time you got on a plane."



She was sitting in a window seat staring out

and she kept talking about the Big Dipper and that Little Dipper and pointing;

and suddenly I realized that she thought we were in outer space

looking down at the stars.



And I said:

"You know, I think those lights down there are the lights from little towns."