Come From Away - Me And The Sky - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: MY PARENTS MUST HAVE THOUGHT THEY HAD A CRAZY KID ’CAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO ALWAYS KNEW WHAT I WANTED THEY TOOK ME DOWN TO THE AIRPORT TO SEE ALL THE PLANES DEPARTIN’ WATCHIN’ THEM FLY, SOMETHIN’ INSIDE OF ME WAS STARTIN’ I WAS EIGHT, WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT I’D BE A PILOT BUT I WAS TOO YOUNG AND TOO SHORT AND THERE WERE NO FEMALE CAPTAINS AND MY DAD SAID, BE PATIENT HE SAID JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS BUT I TOOK MY FIRST LESSON CAME DOWN FROM THE SKY AND TOLD MY FATHER I’D FLY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND I GOT MY FIRST JOB FLYIN’ FOR A MORTICIAN IN A TINY BONANZA JUST A CORPSE AND ME FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR FLYIN’ DEAD BODIES I HAD TO CLIMB OVER THEIR FACES JUST TO GET TO MY SEAT THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS LIFT OFF THE GROUND IS FALLIN’ BACKWARDS I... AM SUDDENLY ALIVE SUDDENLY I’M IN THE COCKPIT SUDDENLY EVERYTHING’S CHANGED SUDDENLY I’M NOT TOO YOUNG OR TOO SHORT AND THE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK DON’T COMPLAIN SUDDENLY I’M FLYIN’ COMPANY CHARTERS SUDDENLY EVERYTHING’S HIGH SUDDENLY THERE’S NOTHIN’ INBETWEEN ME AND THE SKY AMERICAN AIRLINES HAD THE PRETTIEST PLANES SO, I APPLIED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER BUT THE WORLD WAR TWO PILOTS THEY ALL COMPLAINED THEY SAID, GIRLS SHOULDN’T BE IN THE COCKPIT HEY, LADY! HEY, BABY! HEY! WHY DON’T YOU GRAB US A DRINK AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WEREN’T MY FRIENDS BACK THEN AND THEY SAID ARE YOU BETTER THAN US DO YOU THINK BUT I KEPT GETTIN’ HIRED AND THE WORLD WAR TWO CREW THEY RETIRED AND THE GIRLS ALL THOUGHT MUCH HIGHER OF ME NINETEEN-EIGHTY-SIX THE FIRST FEMALE AMERICAN CAPTAIN IN HISTORY SUDDENLY I’M IN THE COCKPIT SUDDENLY I’VE GOT MY WINGS SUDDENLY ALL OF THOSE PILOTS PROTESTIN’ ME WELL, THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN DRINKS, HA-HA! SUDDENLY THERE’S NO ONE SAYIN’ STAY GROUNDED LOOKIN’ DOWN PASSIN’ THEM BY... SUDDENLY THERE’S NOTHIN’ INBETWEEN ME AND THE SKY SUDDENLY I’VE GOT AN ALL-FEMALE CREW THE NEWS TALKED IT MADE HEADLINES ACROSS THE WORLD SUDDENLY IT STOPPED NO ONE SAYIN’, YOU CAN’T OR YOU WON’T OR YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT ANYTHIN’ ’CAUSE YOU’RE A GIRL SUDDENLY I’M GETTIN’ MARRIED AND WE’RE PUTTIN’ PINS ON THE MAP WHERE WE’VE FLOWN SUDDENLY I AM A MOTHER AND SUDDENLY SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH THEY’VE GROWN SUDDENLY I’M WONDERIN’ HOW MY PARENTS WOULD FEEL SEEIN’ ME TEACHIN’ MEN TO BE PILOTS ’CAUSE SUDDENLY I AM A SENIOR INSTRUCTOR AND SOMEHOW I’M FIFTY-ONE SUDDENLY I’M FLYIN’ PARIS TO DALLAS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND FEELIN’ CALM WHEN SUDDENLY SOMEONE ON AIR-TO-AIR TRAFFIC SAYS, AT EIGHT-FORTY-SIX THERE’S BEEN A TERRORIST ACTION AND THE ONE THING I LOVED MORE THAN ANYTHIN’ WAS USED AS THE BOMB SUDDENLY I’M IN A HOTEL SUDDENLY SOMETHIN’ HAS DIED SUDDENLY THERE’S SOMETHIN’ INBETWEEN ME AND THE SKY