Mark's
Giant Book of Filk
57 Songs
20 April 2008
Contents
Battle
of Schwartz's Farm, The
Black
and White Heroes, Tribute to
Lament
for the Spacefarer's Wife
Libertarian
Discourse regarding the Utilitarian Justification of increased Space Flight, A.
(or) Spaceships in the Sky
Lyrics
copyright Mark E. Horning, December 2004
Rev.
18 Feb 2004 w/ input from Blake Hodgets
TtTo:
Giants in the Sky, by Stephen Sondheim
There's
a Spaceship in the sky!
There's
a bright white portent of promise soaring high!
Scaled
has built a ship of surprising grace,
And
on hybrid flame it has won the race
For
a private firm to get into space.
(Two times in just two weeks)
Flying
way up high with élan and verve
Far
above the world, Where you can observe
That
the sky is black And the Earth is Curved.
They
won the prize up in the airless skies
Along
the way they had some fun. but they're not done.
Cause suddenly one day,
Scores of spaceships will rocket
through the air
Scores of private spacecraft built
by those who would dare.
So you build anew and design
upgrades,
'Cause there's cash and profit now
to be made,
And they'll dare things now that
they never would before
After the prize….
Now
the whole world knows your face and name
And
you have to deal with your newfound fame
And
the best respite is to light the flame
Fly back above the sky
Where the earth is curved and the stars are bright
and the sky above you is endless night...
And it's then that you know it's not your last
flight.
a race to orbit is well within your sight.
The
fun is done and the engines ceased to run.
And
your gliding down to the Earth below
And
the world you know begins to grow.
Well,
No one knows what the future has in store.
But
the stars seem somehow closer now then they were before.
And
you think of all of the things you've seen,
And
you're grateful that you could live the dream,
and
you're on the ground,
only
different than before.
After the prize.
There'll
be Spaceships in the sky!
There'll
be rocket-powered, privately financed,
wondrous
Spaceships,
In the sky!
Lyrics © 31 May 2004
by Mark E Horning
Music © 1972
"Rocky Mountain High, by John Denver
(Mark Capo 2)
(D) G
It's said we come
from stardust
back to the stars we
go.
just
a twinkle, glinting in the cosmic night
So
we walk the vacant places,
to
seek the stars above
gaze
heavenward, enraptured by the sight
When they first came
to the desert,
they brought their
hopes and dreams,
and a vision, to
soar beyond the sky.
and they would not
be dissuaded,
by those who'd
failed before,
for the greatest
loss, is never to have tried.
and
they're boring holes now thru the desert skys.
you
can see the future blazing in their eyes.
and
the stars above Mojave,
sing
out with a joyous cry
They're
aimin' high, (chasin' the X-prize)
They're
aimin' high (chasin' the X-prize)
They have climbed a
dozen miles
and then two dozen
more.
saw the sky, turn
black, during the day.
Now some might call
them crazy
for we've been to
space before
but this time, I
swear we're going to stay.
So they work inside
their hangars
computers aid design
and the mills and
lathes, sing the builder's song
they have laid up
carbon fiber
stronger than any
steel
look to the sky, it
will not be too long
For
they're boring holes now thru the desert skys.
you
can see the future blazing in their eyes.
and
the thunder in the heavens,
grows
deafening by and by
They're
aimin' high, (chasin' the X-prize)
They're
aimin' high (chasin' the X-prize)
Now in truth it
doesn't matter
who finally wins the
race,
though history will
celebrate his name.
for we all will be
victors
and all will share
the spoils
when humanity, the
high frontier, has tamed
And
they're boring holes now thru the desert skys.
you
can see the future blazing in their eyes.
and
none of us will blame them,
or
even think to question why.
They're
aimin' high, (chasin' the X-prize)
They're
aimin' high (chasin' the X-prize)
Yes
they're boring holes now thru the desert skys.
you
can see the future blazing in their eyes.
I
wish that I could join them,
on
a rocket powered ship could fly
They're
aimin' high, (chasin' the X-prize)
They're
aimin' high