A5 D5 Estimated time of arrival 9.30 a.m. A5 D5 Been up before the sun and now I'm tired before I even begin E5 F#5 B5 E5 (Now you're flying) I got so much work in front of me, F#5 B5 A5 (Really flying) it stretches out far as the eye can see D5 I can see A5 D5 ( D5 D5 ) Spend half my life in airports doing crosswords and attempting to sleep A5 D5 ( D5 D5 ) And when the bar is open then you'll often find me warming a seat E5 F#5 B5 E5 (Now you're flying) I never find a place where I can stay F#5 B5 A5 (Really flying) I'd rather be a thousand miles away D5 ( D5 D5 ) Thousand miles away A5 D5 ( D5 D5 ) Working for yourself sometimes ain't all that it's cracked up to be A5 D5 ( D5 D5 ) It can be as lonely at the top as at the bottom of that corporate tree E5 F#5 B5 E5 (Now you're flying) I'm told I'm going places - who can say? F#5 B5 A5 ( A5 A5 ) (Really flying) I might arrive but I'll be gone the very next day D5 ( D5 D5 ) I must be on my way A5 A thousand miles away A5 C#5 F#5 D5 A5 C#5 F#5 D5 Promised to myself someday I'd take the time and try to make sense Out of all those opportunities I've lost from trying to sit on the fence (Now you're flying) But right now I've got no time for yesterday (Really flying) Yesterday's a thousand miles away A thousand miles away What was that that you were trying to say? I guess I was a thousand miles away Sing it again
