Mary Chapin Carpenter - Transcendental Reunion lyrics

rate me

From twenty thousand feet high

Saw the lights below me

Twinkling just like Christmas.

We descended slowly

And the curve of the world passed

With all of that flying

Above the mighty ocean

And now we're all on the riding.

Grab the carry-on baggage,

Join the herds for the mad hunt

Take a place in the long line

Where does everyone come from?

As we shuffle on forward,

As we wait for inspection

Now, don't be holding that minor,

At the end lies redemption.

Now I'm stuffed and I wait through

I take up my position

At the mouth of the canyon

Saying prayers of contrition.

Now, please deliver my suitcase

From a mischief emperor

Now the sight of it circling

Is a hymn to the faithful

Forgive me my staring

For my unconcealed envy

In the whole of arrivals

Where the great river empties

Its hand cards and porters

Are the people they carry

To the greeted with flowers

Grand fathers and babies.

There is no one to meet me

Yet I'm all but surrounded

By the tears and embracing

By the joy unbounded

The friends and relations

Living over hemispheres

Chance of tandem reunions

All boarders vanishing.

We are travelers travelling,

We are gipsies together

We're philosophers gathering

We are business or pleasure

We are going or coming

We're just finding our way

To the next destination

And from night into day.

In a giant bird's ballet

I flew over the ocean

From twenty thousand feet high

All those lights were glowing.