| «This transmission is coming to you approximately halfway between the moon and
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| the earth.»
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| «Ok, Apollo 8 is go.»
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| «Uh, you’re riding the best bird we can find.»
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| «All systems are go Apollo.»
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| «All systems are go Apollo 8.»
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| «Ok, Apollo 8 is go.»
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| The sun is up
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| Mission begins
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| Suits and helmets on
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| Now we look like twins
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| «Are we going to succeed?» |
| I wonder
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| Then they shut the door
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| And engines start to roar
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| Live on your TV defying gravity
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| There’s a pale blue planet beneath us
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| We’re live on your TV dictating history
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| Knowing that they’ll never believe us
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| «All systems are go Apollo 8.»
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| «Ok, Apollo 8 is go.»
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| «Uh, you’re riding the best bird we can find.»
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| «The earth and the sun.»
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| Staring at a paper moon
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| Thinking to myself
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| «I wish we’d go home soon»
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| Inside the eagle’s shell
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| We float in space
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| We know just what to do
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| Waiting for our cue
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| Cameras rolling and we’re ready to go!
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| Cameras rolling and we’re ready to go!
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| (Ohhh)
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| Cameras rolling and we’re ready to go!
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| Live on your TV defying gravity
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| There’s a pale blue planet beneath us
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| We’re live on your TV dictating history
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| Knowing that they’ll never believe us
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| Cameras rolling and we’re ready to go!
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| Cameras rolling and we’re ready to go!
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| Cameras rolling and we’re ready to go!
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| Cameras rolling and we’re ready to go!
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| Live on your TV defying gravity
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| There’s a pale blue planet beneath us
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| We’re live on your TV dictating history
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| Knowing that they’ll never believe us
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| Though though exhalt thyself as the eagle
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| And tho thou set thy nest among the stars
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| Thence will I bring you down |