From 20,000 feet
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I saw the lights below me
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Twinkling just like Christmas
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We descended slowly
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And the curve of the world passed
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With all of that flying
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Above the mighty ocean
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And now we all are arriving
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Grab the carry on baggage
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Join the herd for the mad run
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Take a place in the long line
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Where does every one come from?
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As we shuffle on forward
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As we wait for inspection
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Don't be holding that line up
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At the end lies redemption
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Oh Oh, Hey Hey, Ah Ah
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Now I'm stamped and I'm waved through
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I take up my position
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At the mouth of the cannon
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Saying prayers of contrition
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Please deliver my suitcase
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From all mischief and peril
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Now the sight of it circling
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Is a hymn to the faithful
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Forgive me for my staring, for my unconcealed envy
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In the Hall of Arrivals where the great river empties
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It's hand carts and porters
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All the people it carries
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To be greeted with flowers
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Grandfathers and babies
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Oh Oh, Hey Hey, Ah Ah
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There is no one to meet me
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Yet I'm all but surrounded
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By the tears and embracing
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By the joy unbounded
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The friends and relations
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Leaping over hemispheres
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Transcendental reunion
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All borders vanish here
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We are travelers traveling
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We are gypsies together
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We're philosophers gathering
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We are business or pleasure
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We are going or coming
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We're just finding our way
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To the next destination
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And from night into day
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Oh Oh, Hey Hey, Ah Ah,
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Oh Oh, Hey Hey, Ah Ah
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In a giant bird's belly
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I flew over the ocean
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From 20,000 feet high
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How those lights were glowing
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Transcendental Reunion
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Mary Chapin Carpenter |