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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:57:21 +0000
From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk
Subject: resend yesterday's mail
/b/Billy_Bragg/Spacerace_is_over.crd
>From Willam Bloke
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E F#m E G#m F#m E B A
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When I was young I told my mum gonna walk on the moon someday
E F#m E G#m F#m E B A
Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me through Houston and Cape Kennedy
C#m A E A E
and I watched the Eagle landing on a night when the moon was full
A G#m A E B
and as it tugged at the tide I knew that deep inside I too could feel
A
its pull
E F#m E G#m F#m E B A
I lie in my bed and dreamed I walked on the sea of tranquillity
E F#m E G#m F#m E B A
I knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the moon on the high tide of
technology
C#m A E A E
but my dreams had all been taken and the window seats taken too
A G#m A E B
but two thousand & one has almost come and gone what am I supposed to do?
[chorus]
A E A E A
now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get
E
to the moon
A E A E B
now that the space race is over and I can't help but think that we've all
A
grown up too soon
E F#m E G#m F#m E
C#m A E A E
now my dreams have all been shattered and my wings are tattered too
A G#m A E B
and I can still fly but not half as high as once I wanted to
A E A E A
now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get
E
to the moon
A E A E B
now that the space race is over and I can't help but think that we've all
A
grown up too soon
E F#m E G#m F#m E B A
my son and I stand beneath the great night sky and we gaze up in wonder
E F#m E G#m F#m E B A
I tell him the tale of apollo and he says yeah but why did they ever go?
C#m A E A
It might look like some empty gesture to go all that was just to come
E
back
A G#m A E B
but don't offer me a place out in cyber space coz where in the hell is
that
A E A E A
now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get
E
out of my room
A E A E B
now that the space race is over and I can't help but think that we're all
A
just going nowhere
EADGBe
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Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk