[Verse 1] Put the phone down on the counter Step outside into the cold Someone said the sky's worth seeing Something rare about to unfold Neighbors standing in their driveways People I have never known All of us just looking upward Together but alone [Pre-Chorus] And there they are Scattered light across the dark Six wanderers who never meet Finally share the same heart [Chorus] Six strangers in the sky tonight Putting on a show Just for us, just this once Before they have to go Six strangers in the sky tonight And we're strangers too Looking up instead of down Sharing this view [Verse 2] Kids are pointing, parents whisper "This won't happen for a while" Old man standing there beside me Wipes his eyes and starts to smile Says he saw this once before When he was young and all alone Now he's seeing it with strangers Who finally feel like home [Pre-Chorus] And here we are Standing in the parking lots Six billion looking up at six This is all we've got [Chorus] Six strangers in the sky tonight Putting on a show Just for us, just this once Before they have to go Six strangers in the sky tonight And we're strangers too Looking up instead of down Sharing this view [Bridge] [softer, bittersweet] They're already drifting Each one going their own way A million miles between them Like us on any other day But tonight — tonight they touched Or almost did, or seemed to And that's enough That's more than enough [Final Chorus] [soaring, triumphant] Six strangers in the sky tonight Putting on a show Just for us, just this once Before they have to go Six strangers in the sky tonight We were strangers too Looking up instead of down We finally saw the view [Outro] [ethereal, fading] Looking up... looking up... Six strangers in the sky
