[Intro: Motown-soul male lead, tambourine and pounding drums, gritty call] Ooh, fifty-one years with my feet on the ground Hey now, hey now, they're turnin' it around [Verse 1: Motown-soul male lead, driving bass, gritty Motown-soul vocal] Fifty-one years I never crossed the county line Same eight blocks, same diner, same old corner sign Folks would say "you gotta see it," I'd say "see it on TV" Seat belts and tin wings never meant a thing to me Then one Tuesday mornin' somethin' in me said "it's time" Emptied out the coffee can and paid the window line Hands were shakin' on the armrest when they shut that cabin door Lady in the next seat smiled and said "you never flown before?" [Pre-Hook: Motown-soul male lead, drums building, tambourine doubling] Engines started roarin' and the runway started rollin' Every bolt was shakin' and my heart was barely holdin' [Hook: Motown-soul male lead, full band, huge gritty Motown-soul hook] Look at me now, I'm above it all Little town I never left is lookin' so small Every worry that I had is a dot on the ground Hey now, I'm above it all, and I ain't comin' down [Verse 2: Motown-soul male lead, pounding drums, rising Motown-soul vocal] Broke the clouds at eight o'clock and there it was, the sun Sittin' on a field of white like the world had just begun Looked down through a gap and there's the river and the mill There's the diner, there's the corner, there's my house up on the hill Fifty years I thought that town was everything there was Now it fits under my thumbnail and I'm laughin' just because All the bills, all the noise, all the fights about the rent From up here it's just a quilt and I can't tell where it went Hey now, hey now, put my forehead on the glass Cryin' like a baby and I didn't care who passed [Hook: Motown-soul male lead, full band, huge gritty Motown-soul hook] Look at me now, I'm above it all Little town I never left is lookin' so small Every worry that I had is a dot on the ground Hey now, I'm above it all, and I ain't comin' down [Bridge: Motown-soul male lead, engine spool, the whole band swells like jet engines spooling up, then the drums land on the touchdown] Wheels hit the runway and the whole plane gave a sigh Folks were grabbin' bags and not a soul looked at the sky But I stood up in the aisle and I started clappin' loud Lord, the lady by the window started clappin' with the crowd Turned to the girl at the door, said "I'll need the window comin' back" She said "baby, you were born for it," and I said "ooh, I know that" [Final Hook: Motown-soul male lead, full band, biggest gritty Motown-soul hook] Look at me now, I'm above it all Little town I never left is lookin' so small Every worry that I had is a dot on the ground Hey now, I'm above it all, and I ain't comin' down [End]
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