Columbus

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