The Space Race Is Over Lyrics
The song The Space Race Is Over is performed by Billy Bragg in the album named Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg in the year 2003 .
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 at the tides, I knew deep inside
I too could feel its pull
I lie in my 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 have 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 we've all grown up too soon
Now my dreams have all been shattered
And my wings are tattered too
And I can still 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
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel 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
'Cause where in the hell's that at?
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone, I'll never get out of my room
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel we're all just going nowhere
Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg
Oct 2003
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- Levi Stubbs' Tears
- Walk Away Renee
- Greetings To The New Brunette
- There Is Power In A Union
- Help Save The Youth Of America
- The Warmest Room
- Must I Paint You A Picture
- Valentine's Day Is Over
- Sexuality
- Cindy Of 1000 Lives
- Moving The Goalposts
- Tank Park Salute
- You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
- Accident Waiting To Happen (Red Stars Version)
- Sulk
- Upfield
- The Fourteenth Of February
- Brickbat
- The Space Race Is Over
- The Boy Done Good
- Ingrid Bergman
- Way Over Yonder In The Morning Key
- My Flying Saucer
- All You Fascists Bound To Lose (Blokes Version)
- NPWA
- St. Monday
- Somedays I See The Point
- Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version)
The Space Race Is Over