Me and The Sky
[00:05.44] My parents must have thought they had a crazy kid
[00:12.46] 'Cause I was one of those kids who always knew what I wanted
[00:20.45] They took me down to the airport to see all the planes departing
[00:24.95] Watching them fly, something inside of me was starting
[00:28.70] I was 8 when I told them that I'd be a pilot
[00:34.45] But I was too young and too short and there were no female captains
[00:38.95] And my dad said, be patient, he said, just see what happens
[00:42.71] But I took my first lesson
[00:44.19] Came down from the sky and told my father I'd fly for the rest of my life
[00:49.19] And I got my first job flying for a mortician
[00:52.95] In a tiny bonanza, just a corpse and me
[00:56.20] Five dollars an hour for flying dead bodies
[00:59.70] I had to climb over their faces just to get to my seat
[01:03.45] Then suddenly the wheels lift off
[01:07.95] The ground is falling backwards
[01:12.44] I am suddenly alive
[01:17.94] Suddenly I'm in the cockpit
[01:21.45] Suddenly everything's changed
[01:24.95] Suddenly I'm not too young or too short
[01:27.95] And the passengers in the back don't complain
[01:32.20] Suddenly I'm flying company charters
[01:35.45] Suddenly everything's high
[01:38.94] Suddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky
[01:48.96] American Airlines had the prettiest planes
[01:55.20] So I applied as a flight engineer
[01:58.71] But the World War II pilots, they all complained
[02:02.69] They said, girls shouldn't be in the cockpit
[02:05.20] Hey lady, hey baby, why don't you grab us a drink?
[02:10.20] And the flight attendants weren't my friends back then
[02:12.95] And they said, are you better than us, do you think?
[02:17.70] But I kept getting hired
[02:21.19] And the World War II crew, they retired
[02:24.70] And the girls all thought much higher of me
[02:28.94] 1986, the first female American captain in history
[02:35.44] Suddenly I'm in the cockpit
[02:39.20] Suddenly I've got my wings
[02:42.70] Suddenly all of those pilots protested me
[02:46.20] Well they can get their own drinks
[02:49.69] Suddenly there's no one saying, stay grounded
[02:53.20] Looking down passing them by
[02:56.69] Suddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky
[03:02.44] Suddenly I've got an all female crew
[03:05.94] The news talked, it made headlines across the world
[03:09.95] Suddenly it stopped
[03:11.45] No on saying you can't or you won't
[03:13.94] Or you know you're not anything 'cause you're a girl
[03:17.95] Suddenly I'm getting married
[03:20.71] And we're putting pins on the map where we've flown
[03:24.94] Suddenly I am a mother
[03:27.70] And suddenly shocked at how much they've grown
[03:31.94] Suddenly I'm wondering how my parents would feel
[03:35.95] Seeing me teaching men to be pilots
[03:39.19] 'Cause suddenly I am a senior instructor and somehow I'm 51
[03:46.20] Suddenly I'm flying Paris to Dallas
[03:49.70] Across the Atlantic and feeling calm
[03:53.20] When suddenly someone on air to air traffic says
[03:56.95] At 8:46 there's been a terrorist action
[03:59.95] And the one thing I loved more than anything was used as the bomb
[04:08.43] Suddenly I'm in a hotel
[04:13.20] Suddenly something has died
[04:20.94] Suddenly there's something in between me and the sky
