The space race is over - Billy Bragg

I was looking for a song about travel and space but wanted something different from Space Oddity. (Again!) I found this one by chance, talks about dreams and disappointments too. I remember watching the moon landings and hearing all the promises and ...

The Space Race Is Over

When I was young I told my ..........
I'm going to walk on the Moon someday
Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to ..........
From Houston and Cape Kennedy
And I watched the Eagle landing
On a night when the Moon was ..........
And as it tugged the tides, I knew that deep inside
I too could feel its ..........

I lie in bed and dreamed I walked
On the Sea of Tranquility
I knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the ..........
On the high ..........  of technology
But the dreams had all been taken
And the window seats taken ..........
And 2001 has almost come and gone
What am I supposed to .......... ?
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the ..........
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel that we've all grown up too ..........

Now my dreams have all been shattered
And my wings are tattered too
And I still can fly but not half as ..........
As once I wanted to
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the ..........
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel that we've all grown up too ..........

My son and I stand beneath the great night ..........
And gaze up in wonder
I tell him the tale of Apollo
And he says "Why did they ever go?"
It may look like some empty gesture
To go all that way just to come ..........
But don't offer me a place out in ..........
Cos where in the hell's that at?
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get out of my ..........
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel that we're all just going ..........

back

cyberspace

do

full

high

me

moon

moon

moon

mum

nowhere

pull

room

sky

soon

soon

tide

too

Worksheet here

As a follow up you can look at virgin galactic , for one of Richard Branson's enterprises.