Legends
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Lyrics and Music ©1980 by Bill Roper
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There's a story here. Of course, there usually is.
Many years ago, when Teri Lee was assembling the "Minus Ten and Counting" cassette, she had asked
about putting "Promises" on it and I had enthusiastically agreed. It's one of my favorite songs
and hasn't been widely available for a variety of reasons.
The problem is that "Promises" is a long song. And as the rest of the tape came together,
it became evident that there was a space problem. (It was a space tape. Go figure.) So Teri asked
if I had something shorter that she could use instead.
Well, as it happened, I did. "Hope Eyrie" is a wonderful song, but by 1980, I was thoroughly frustrated
with the state of our space program and getting tired of listening to us congratulate ourselves on an
achievement that we'd turned our back on. And so I wrote this song.
It is now the composition of mine that has been most frequently quoted, having appeared on "Minus Ten" and
"To Touch the Stars".
Surprise!
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C Am G E
Once upon a time, you could hear the Saturn’s roar
F G Am
As it rose upon its fiery tail to space.
C Am G E
And once upon a time, the men that we sent out
F G Am
Landed in a strange and alien place.
G E F
And as I watched them walk upon the moon,
C Am G E Am
I remembered Icarus, who flew too close to the sun.
Once upon a time, they tore the gantries down
And the rockets flew no longer to the moon.
And once upon a time, we swore that we’d return,
But it doesn’t look like we’ll be back there soon.
And as the moon shines down on the shattered launching ground,
I remember Apollo, who drove the chariot of the sun.
G C Am
And I wonder of the legends they will tell
G E Am
A thousand years from now.
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