All the airports seem alike
Check your bags, check your flight
They send you on your way
Passports and security
Magazines and duty free
Are friends along the way
You have your dream
She has her own
But why does it always seem that your
Dreams, are found such a long way from home
All the runways seem alike
They're only decoys shining bright
To lead you away
They take you racing through the night
Till there's an end in sight
Then they speed you away
You have your window
She has her own
And out through the dark somewhere,
The lights of her window are calling you back home
Night rider, night rider
The sky is a lonely highway
Of lost dreams, and promises
And things that you meant to say
Higher and higher
The night finds a thousand ways
To travel your worldly voyages
While the world is a long way away
And all the jumbos seem alike
When you've been up there on a night flight
For a few hours or more
The movie's over and the lights are low
And there's nothing much on the stereo
You've heard it all before
But you have your window
And for reasons unknown
Out through the darkest night
You can always see things clearer than back home
Night rider, night rider
The sky is a lonely highway
Of lost dreams, and promises
And things that you meant to say
Higher and higher
The night finds a thousand ways
To travel your worldly voyages
While the world is a long way away