It's such a pretty planet coming back from the moon It's like seeing your old lover walk into a room And it feels like going home Feels as though you'd flown a million miles There's an earth out tonight Shining big and bright Blue and green and white in a velvet sky And something in this earthlight makes me cry I came out here in '92 to have a look around And it took awhile before I felt my feet on solid ground The pay was really good I never thought I would be going home There's an earth out tonight Shining big and bright (Shining big and bright) Blue and green and white in a velvet sky And something in this earthlight makes me cry It's not so loud, it's not so crowded here as it is back home Some men never have a chance to be alone And I thought I would forget her if I only got away And I never thought this love of mine was really gonna stay Now I'm staring at the world Where I know my girl must be laughing And there's an earth out tonight (Earth out tonight) Shining big and bright (See it shine) Blue and green and white in a velvet sky And something in this earthlight makes me cry And something in this earthlight makes me cry Makes me cry It makes me cry