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