Rocket Song

from Space & Freedom by Mark Horning

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I drove into work one day and watched the A-4's taking off and thought to myself, what a gorgeous day to go flying. "um, Mark, you're not a pilot!". I wrote this instead. Dawn in the Mojave Desert is like this, desolate, still, and beautiful all at the same time.

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Chorus:
I can hear the rockets singing in the early desert dawn.
They whisper on the morning breeze, “It’s time for movin’ on.”
“A new frontier is calling, and it’s just beyond the sky.
So let’s Fly,
Let’s Fly,
Let’s Fly,
Let’s Fly!”
Can you hear the rockets singing in the dawn?


We've waited 50 years to hear the rocket song again.
A siren call assured to stir the heart of mortal men.
"Fly up and out and higher yet until you're falling free."
"New worlds and new adventures, that's where you're meant to be."
I hear a voice that whispers in the dawn.

If you've ever seen the desert dawn it’s desolate and still.
But there's beauty in the bleakness once the sunlight crests the hills.
And the morning breeze so gentle, stirs the creatures with its hand.
Then a thunder comes from heaven, and a new light lights this land.
And I hear a voice that's speaking in the dawn.

Oh it started in Mojave, but it's spread the world around.
And the spacecraft reach for heaven with a joy that knows no bound.
They're haulin' men and cargo, flyin' higher every day.
And there's a signpost in the heavens, reading "Future that a Way"
And I hear a voice that's shouting in the dawn.

I hear the voices calling and they're louder every day,
They say who needs this mundane world and planet anyway.
Go grab that stick and throttle, fly 'til you're past the air
'Cause once you get to orbit you can go damn anywhere.
I hear a voice that thunders in the Dawn!


Fin: They're singing ever louder,… in the dawn.

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from Space & Freedom, released June 4, 2009
Words and Music: Mark E. Horning

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