Billy Bragg — The Space Race Is Over Demo

When I was young I told my mum Going to walk on the Moon someday Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me From Houston and Cape Kennedy And I watched the Eagle landing On a night when the Moon was full And as it tugged at the tides, I knew deep inside I too could feel its pull I lay in my bed and dreamed I walked On the Sea of Tranquillity I knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the moon On the high tide of technology But the dreams had all been taken And the window seats taken too And 2001 has almost been and gone What am I supposed to do? Now that the space race is over It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the moon Now that the space race is over And I can't help but feel we've all grown up too soon Now my dreams have all been shattered And my wings are tattered too And I can still fly but not half as high 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 moon Now that the space race is over And I can't help but feel we've all grown up too soon Now, my son, he sees the sky With a great sense of wonder I know that someday soon he'll want to know "Tell me the truth, Dad, why did they ever go?" And it may look like some empty gesture To go all that way just to come back But don't offer me a place out in cyberspace 'Cause 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 room 'Cause the space race is over And I can't help but feel we're all just going nowhere