Lost in Space

Up in the space shuttle
Going 17,000 miles an hour
Yet I'm floating, nearly standing still
As the earth turns below, our sacred bower

My eye pressed to the glass
I can see 2,000 miles from side to side
The continents rise in golden splendor
30 minutes later night again presides

How I miss my fertile home
Miss the ground beneath my feet
To smell the ocean, feel the rain
Taste the bitter, taste the sweet

Just to walk again in sunshine
Brace my steps against the wind
To fall again just like the first time
And hold you in my arms again

From here, the dictators and the tyrants
Have no power, hold or might
The sun shows only land and sea
Though our cities glow like fireflies at night

Cruelty, war and poverty
Unseen beneath the planet's beauteous glow
Will finally hold no lasting sway
As round and round and round we go

CHORUS

Sometimes I wonder
How I got to be this old
Water seeping through the cracks
Bailing fast but barely wont to hold

But then I sail into the afternoon
And open into the deepening, evening sky
The beauty enough for every heart
Giving us all the wings to fly

How I love to be at home
Share the autumn years with you
Plant our gardens with our love
See the same as something new

Just to walk again in sunshine
Brace my steps against the wind
To fall again just like the first time
And hold you in my arms again