(I said look) I was flying into Chicago at night
(I said look) watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke
(I said look) the sun was setting to the left of the plane
(I said look) and the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow
(I said look) in 27-D, I was behind the wing
(I said look) watching the landscape roll out like credits on a screen
And I said, "Look, look to your left, passengers
Look, look to your right
You can pretend that you're here from outer space
And this, this is your very first sight"
(I said look) the earth looked like it was lit from within
(I said look) like a big man-made electrical ball
(I said look) as we moved out of the farmlands and into the grid
(I said look) the plan of a city was all that you saw
(I said look) and all of these people sitting totally still
(I said look) as the ground raced beneath them 30,000 feet down
And I said, "Look, look to your left, passengers
Look, look to your right
You can pretend that you're here from the fifth century
And this, this is your very first flight"
(I said look) and I was pretending that I was in
(I said look) a Galaxy 500 video
(I said look) the stewardess came back and checked on my drink
(I said look) and I swear that she looked just like Brigitte Bardot
(I said look) as I had on my Walkman, and I had on those eyes
(I said look) that you get when your circumstance is movie-size
And I said, "Look, look to your left, passengers
Look, look to your right
You can pretend that the plane's going to crash in five minutes
And this, this is your very last sight
"You'd better look, look to your left, passengers
You'd better look, look to your right
'Cause I'm going to take this plane out in less than five minutes
And this, this is your very last sight
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