The Space Race Is Over Lyrics - Billy Bragg

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 lay 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 

Because 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 and I'll never get out of my room 

Because the space race is over 

And I can't help but feel we're all just going nowhere