30,000 Feet

14A, window seat, tennis shoes, and faded jeans Nervous as he tells me it's his first time on a plane We took off and headed east I was thumbing through the magazine He felt like talking and offered me his name So I asked him how he was And he smiled and said, "Well, son" He said, "I've been better, I've been worse I've chased after pretty girls Seen a couple places that I never thought I'd see I've walked into harder times I've walked out the other side And it seems like you end up getting what you need Looking down from 30,000 feet Life's been good to me" I've been out a month or so, another night, another show A hundred different cities, they all just seem the same He asked me what it must be like, singing songs under the lights Well, it's got its moments, just the same as anything I miss my town, I miss my wife But I'm up here with five to six thousand Georgians tonight I said, "I've been better, I've been worse I have loved a pretty girl Seen a couple places that I never thought I'd see I've walked into harder times I've walked out the other side And it seems like you end up getting what you need Looking down from 30,000 feet Life's been good to me" Sometimes we can get lost Living in the here and now Sometimes it takes the sky To see what's on the ground Oh, this is good guys This is good Ready? One, two, three, four David Besonen everyone So, if you know the words to this song you can help me sing 'em If you don't know the words, what are you doing at this concert? I'm joking, you don't have to know the words But if you do, here we go That was a great solo Here we go I've been better, I've been worse I've chased after pretty girls Seen a couple places that I never thought I'd see I've walked into harder times I've walked out the other side And it seems like you end up getting what you need Looking down from 30,000 feet Life's been good to me Two, three, four