The Space Race Is Over Lyrics

The song The Space Race Is Over is performed by Billy Bragg in the album named Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg in the year 2003 .



When I was young I told my mum
I'm 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 lie in my bed and dreamed I walked
On the Sea of Tranquility
I knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the moon
On the high tide of technology

But the dreams have all been taken
And the window seats taken too
And 2001 has almost come 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
Because 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

My son and I stand beneath the great night sky
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 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, I'll never get out of my room
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel we're all just going nowhere



Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg

Oct 2003

  1. St Swithin's Day
  2. Levi Stubbs' Tears
  3. Walk Away Renee
  4. Greetings To The New Brunette
  5. There Is Power In A Union
  6. Help Save The Youth Of America
  7. The Warmest Room
  8. Must I Paint You A Picture
  9. Valentine's Day Is Over
  10. Sexuality
  11. Cindy Of 1000 Lives
  12. Moving The Goalposts
  13. Tank Park Salute
  14. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
  15. Accident Waiting To Happen (Red Stars Version)
  16. Sulk
  17. Upfield
  18. The Fourteenth Of February
  19. Brickbat
  20. The Space Race Is Over
  21. The Boy Done Good
  22. Ingrid Bergman
  23. Way Over Yonder In The Morning Key
  24. My Flying Saucer
  25. All You Fascists Bound To Lose (Blokes Version)
  26. NPWA
  27. St. Monday
  28. Somedays I See The Point
  29. Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version)

The Space Race Is Over