Bragg Billy The Space Race Is Over Lyrics

The Space Race Is Over Lyrics

When I was young I told my mum
I'm going to walk on the Moon
someday
Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me
From Houston and Cape
Kennedy
And I watched the Eagle landing
On a night when the Moon was
full
And as it tugged the tides, I knew deep inside
I too could feel its
pull
I lay in bed and dreamed I walked
On the Sea of Tranquility
I
knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the Moon
On the high tide of
technology
But the dreams had all been taken
And the window seats taken
too
And 2001 has almost come and gone
What am I supposed to do?
Now
that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to
the Moon
Because the space race is over
And I can't help but feel that
we've all grown up too soon
Now my dreams have all been shattered
And my
wings are tattered too
And I still can fly but not half as high
As once I
wanted to
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll
never get to the Moon
Because the space race is over
And I can't help but
feel that we've all grown up too soon
My son and I stand beneath the great
night sky
And gaze up in wonder
I tell him the tale of Apollo
And he
says "Why did they ever go?"
It may look like some empty gesture
To go
all that way just to come back
But don't offer me a place out in
cyberspace
Cos where in the hell's that at?
Now that the space race is
over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the Moon
Because the
space race is over
And I can't help but feel that we're all just going
nowhere