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Taking the Red-Eye Home
Written by - Suzy Bogguss & Doug Crider
Half empty airport
Plane's at the gate
They tell her it's full
But she says she'll wait
She's been here all evenin'
Sittin' all alone
Watchin' the businessmen
Talk on the phone
She fixes her makeup
Cleans out her purse
Leavin' is hard
But stayin' is worse
Just for a moment
It crosses her mind
She could go back
No not this time
'Cause...

It's almost midnight
And they just called her name
She's on that last flight
Now nothin's the same
Her ticket says standby
But she can stand on her own
She's all through cryin'
Now she's flyin'
Takin' that red-eye home

Sittin' in smokin'
And she doesn't smoke
A travelin' salesman
Tells her a joke
She just stares out the window
As they're packin' that jet
Not quite sad
But she's not laughin' yet

It's almost midnight
And they just called her name
She's on that last flight
Now nothin's the same
Her ticket says standby
But she can stand on her own
She's all through cryin'
Now she's flyin'
Takin' that red-eye home

It's just 11:54
But it's a new day
They're startin' to board
She's flyin' away

It's almost midnight
And they just called her name
She's on that last flight
Now nothin's the same
Her ticket says standby
But she can stand on her own
She's all through cryin'
Now she's flyin'
Takin' that red-eye home

All through cryin'
She's flyin'
Takin' that red-eye home
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