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SIRENS SCREAMED - I ENTERED THE SHUTTLE IN A DREAM

       THE DESPERATE PLAN WAS DARE -  HIT THE ROCKETS IN THE AIR

       THE OTHERS OF THE CREW - HAD THE SHELTER TO RUN TO

       CAUSE A BOMB CAME DOWN AND BURST - DEADLY GAS DISPERSED

       BUT THE MEN IN THE TOWER - CUT IN ALL THE TAKE OFF POWER

       FOR THE CREW IT WAS TO LATE - I HEARD THEM SUFFOCATE

       THEN THE VOICE OF MY FRIEND IN THE CONTROLROOM CAME THROUGH

       HE SAID: WE'RE DYING HERE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SURVIVE

       TO COUNT DOWN WAS NO TIME - HE JUST SAID GOOD LUCK

       IGNITION ON SOAR -  THE SHUTTLE BEGAN TO ROAR

       SPREADING CLOUDS OF SMOKE GOING FOR BROKE

       INTO THE SKY - IN HIGH FLAMES OF FIRE

       I WAS PRESSED IN MY SEAT FEELING WEAK WHILE THE SHUTTLE GAINED SPEED

       SAW THE FIERY ROCKET TRAILS - ALL I`D TRY WOULD FAIL

       FOR THE TOWER AND THE CREW, THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO

       WHILE THEY DIED THEY HELPED ME TO SURVIVE

       I THOUGHT

       OF MY FRIEND

       WHEN I LOOKED BACK

       TO THE EARTH

       ATOMIC LIGHTNING

       IN THE SMOKE

       IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VAST, INFERNAL THUNDERSTORM

       COVERING THE GLOBE

       WITH CREEPING DESPAIR

       I REALIZED

       THAT I CAN`T GO BACK DOWN

       STILL GAINING HEIGHT I CROSSED INTO THE NIGHT

       THE METERS READ ALLRIGHT BUT I FELT FRIGHT

       THE RECEIVER DOWN DEAD - THE ENDLESS SPACE AHEAD

       AND WITH DESPAIR I CHECKED MY STOCK OF AIR

       BACK ON EARTH AN AGE OF ICE WOULD RISE

       MAN WAS NO MORE THIS WAS THE FINAL WAR

       I WAS TO DIE HERE WAY UP IN THE SKY

       NO HOPE FOR LIFE BUT I DID SURVIVE

       NO HOPE FOR LIFE BUT I DID SURVIVE

       I HAD NO HOPE FOR LIFE BUT I DID SURVIVE