We've got a 747 coming down in the night There's no power, there's no runway lights Radio operator try to get a message through Tell the flight deck, New York has no lights There's no power, what do we do? 747 coming down in the night, try to get a message through We were strangers in the night, both on separate flights Strangers in the night going nowhere This is Scandinavian one O one Flight from Hawaii coming out of the sun Kennedy should be in sight We can't see a thing here in the night Navigator says, we're on the flight path There's no radio, no sign of life This is Scandinavian one O one For God's sake, get the ground lights on 'Coz we were strangers in the night, both on separate flights Strangers in the night going nowhere There's a 747 going into the night There's no power, they don't know why They've no fuel, they've got to land soon They can't land by the light of the moon They're overshooting, there's no guiding lights Set a course into the night Scandinavian one O one For God's sake, get your ground lights on We were strangers in the night, lost on separate flights Strangers in the night going nowhere Strangers in the night, we were strangers in the night Strangers in the night, we were strangers in the night Strangers in the night, both on separate flights Strangers in the night going nowhere