[Verse 1]
             
Estimated time

              
 of arrival ni

          
ne thirty AM
             
Been up before

              
 the sun and n

              
ow I'm tired b

              
efore I even b

 
egin
             
(Now you're fl

           
ying) I got so

           
 much work in 

         
front of me
          
(Really flying

              
) It stretches

           
 out far as th

          
e eye can see
     
I can see

[Verse 2]
             
Spent half my 

              
life in airpor

              
ts doing cross

              
words or attem

         
pting to sleep
             
And when the b

              
ar is open the

              
n you'll often

              
 find me warmi

       
ng a seat
             
(Now you're fl

           
ying) I never 

           
find a place w

           
here I can sta

y
          
(Really flying

              
) I'd rather b

           
e a thousand m

      
iles away
             
A thousand mil

                    
es away

[Riff]
  
                    

[Verse 3]
             
Working for yo

              
urself sometim

              
es ain't all t

              
hat it's crack

         
ed up to be
             
It can be as l

              
onely at the t

              
op as at the b

              
ottom of that 

          
corporate tree
             
(Now you're fl

           
ying) I'm told

           
 I'm going pla

            
ces who can sa

y
          
(Really flying

              
) I might arri

              
ve but I'll be

           
 gone the very

      
 next day
             
I must be on m

  
y way, 
             
a thousand mil

    
es away

[Instrumental]
   
     

[Verse 4]
             
I promise to m

              
yself someday 

              
I'll take the 

              
time and try t

       
o make sense
             
Out of all tho

              
se opportuniti

              
es I've lost I

              
'm trying to s

          
it on the fenc

e
           
(Now you're fl

             
ying) Right no

           
w I got no tim

            
e for yesterda

y
          
(Really flying

              
) Yesterday's 

           
a thousand mil

       
es away, 
              
a thousand mil

             
es away (a tho

             
usand miles aw

ay)
              
a thousand mil

             
es away (a tho

             
usand miles aw

ay)
             
(Now you're fl

           
ying) What was

           
 that you were

           
 trying to say
           
I guess I was 

           
a thousand mil

           
es away, hey h

             
ey hey, hey he

      
y hey, yeah
             
A thousand mil

   
es away
            
Sing it again,

              
 a thousand mi

      
les away 
            
Sing it again,

              
 a thousand mi

      
les away 
            
Sing it again,

              
 a thousand mi

      
les away 

[Instrumental]
   

          
Sing it again 

       
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