I Flew Over Our House Last Night
Written and recorded by Tom T. Hall
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That old Kentucky moon was shining bright as day
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The stars were twinkling in the milky way
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The pilot said if you look close there's Frankfort on the right
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I flew over our house last night
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Thirty thousand feet below me you were fast asleep
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And thirty thousand feet above I almost stopped to weep
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So close and yet so far away so wrong and yet so right
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I flew over our house last night
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For just one second I thought I was back in town
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The man your friends all say has only brought you down
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The airline hostess asked me sir are you sure that you're alright
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I flew over our house last night
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