Grissom, White and Chaffee were the first to pay the price
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But others now have felt the fatal falling of the dice
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And seven more have lost their lives that we might win the skies
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But nothing makes it easier when someone out there dies
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Chorus: It's minus ten and counting but many more may die
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As careful as we ever are it costs us lives to try
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But all who take the risk of space say, "If we die then take our place
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And please when we are gone, carry on, carry on, carry on, carry on."
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And if we add the cosmonauts the count is now fourteen
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Who paid their lives for men to go where man has never been
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And each one knew the dangers and yet bravely still they tried
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And begged us all to keep on flying even if they died
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Chorus
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We're minus ten who sought the stars but out across the lands
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You'll see a million volunteers are raising up their hands
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And all of them are well-prepared to pay that final cost
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They know that space and all the stars are worth the lives we've lost
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Chorus
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Words and music: Kathy Mar
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Copyright 1986 Kathy Mar
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| Kathy Mar |
