I was bought on by my mother as her carry-on   She had me in the toilet when the seat-belt sign was on   I crawled up to the captain down the other end   I hid under the seats that's where I played pretend   And I ate the wild pretzel and the nuts that fell   And the screech of brakes was all I knew for my schoolbell   And I know I've got the whole world at my feet   In my window seat      I learned to eat the sweet, I learned to swallow hard   I learned to ease the pressure with free playing cards   Spent my teenage setting off all of the smoke alarms   Then running down the alley saying "please stay calm"   Met the girl in 7b, we tried to settle down   But we couldn't reach the aisle before we hit the ground   And I know I've got the whole world at my feet   In my window seat      And now the sisters of the sky think I'm deaf and dumb   As I wait around for upgrades that will never come   But I know that we will one day sit on his right hand   Be his automatic pilot when this plane must land   And the stewardess of babylon will spread her arms   And show us all a thing or two about her charms   We'll be tempted by the devil with the magic wand   He'll make us stand with arms outstretched then wave us on   Into the great beyond (our boarding passes gone)   And I know I've got the whole world at my feet   In my window seat