Challenger Flight 25
Lyrics (c) by Peter Ancaster | Music by Fred McKinnell / Andy J. Deborra | March 1986
Recorded on: Return Of The Giants / Beneath The Fortress
Recorded on: Return Of The Giants / Beneath The Fortress
Chrsita McAuliffe the world saw your smile
Out of millions of TV screens
You was chosen for a mission in the blue sky above
We saw how proud you'd been
After breakfast had ended up
The mission was near
The shuttle should take you to the sky
Six astronauts and a mistress first time
Got on their way to die
Close up your helmets, fasten your belts
Last check before engines ignite
The countdown is running, the power's rumbling out
Ready for Challenger's 25 flight
The shuttle is lifting, and fire's spreading out
Watched by a crowd who is present alive
They're whispering excited, they couldn't believe
What happened nine miles in the height
Challenger flight 25
Challenger flight 25
Challenger flight 25
Challenger flight 25
Flies at a great sacrifice of life
Challenger flight 25
Burst on the jubilee rise
Detonations are sooting tthe sky into black
The shuttle is shattered a thousand times
Applause turns to silence
And bliss turns to pain
Space travellin' challengers seven young lives
The price is too high for our knowledge appease
But we know researching must go on
We're moved by disasters but we shan't lose our trust
After the sorrow has gone
Out of millions of TV screens
You was chosen for a mission in the blue sky above
We saw how proud you'd been
After breakfast had ended up
The mission was near
The shuttle should take you to the sky
Six astronauts and a mistress first time
Got on their way to die
Close up your helmets, fasten your belts
Last check before engines ignite
The countdown is running, the power's rumbling out
Ready for Challenger's 25 flight
The shuttle is lifting, and fire's spreading out
Watched by a crowd who is present alive
They're whispering excited, they couldn't believe
What happened nine miles in the height
Challenger flight 25
Challenger flight 25
Challenger flight 25
Challenger flight 25
Flies at a great sacrifice of life
Challenger flight 25
Burst on the jubilee rise
Detonations are sooting tthe sky into black
The shuttle is shattered a thousand times
Applause turns to silence
And bliss turns to pain
Space travellin' challengers seven young lives
The price is too high for our knowledge appease
But we know researching must go on
We're moved by disasters but we shan't lose our trust
After the sorrow has gone