When Eagles Fall

from Space & Freedom by Mark Horning

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I woke up one January morning, turned on the TV, and saw the trail of smoke and debris. Not again... Dedicated to Columbia and her final crew.

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Columbia has fallen, from a brilliant azure sky
And left a wake of smoke and flame, thirty-eight miles high,
And seven of our very best, are gone forevermore,
Flesh and steel paid the supreme price to explore

Chorus:
--Once again we'll turn away from that brilliant, starry road,
--Cast our eyes down from the sky to our earth and mud abode,
--Once again clip eaglet's wings, silence rockets roar,
--Yet in all my Earthbound years, I've never seen a weasel soar.


It happened many years ago, back when Challenger was lost.
And seven other astronauts paid that final cost.
And certainly we stumbled, perhaps we even fell,
For more than lives were lost that day, some dreams were lost as well.


Repeat chorus:


In each of man's endeavors, there's some risk and some reward
And those who've strived have often died, as our history records
And the high frontier is calling, but we all remember when
It took us two whole years before we'd rise to try again.

Final Chorus:
--Do not turn away again from that brilliant, starry road,
--Or cast your eyes down from the sky to this earth and mud abode,
--Do not clip the eaglet's wings, or silence rockets roar,
--for in all your Earthbound years, you'll never see a weasel soar.

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

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