Pegasus Remix: Another Small Boat.
All the girls in the program are talking of spaceflight,
They're taking their tests and they're planning their trips,
They're holding their breath and they're saying "My place might
Be there on the crew of those one thousand ships."
You turn and you ask me "Don't you want that glory?
Don't you want to race for a space in that bay?"
I say, "Not for me; I prefer my own story.
I know somebody will someday."
I'll teach and I'll train and I'll work and I'll struggle,
I'll plan and I'll code and I'll strive and I'll pray.
For sacrifice now gives the stars to us later,
And somebody will someday.
The name of the ship bound for Mars will be Helen,
In honor of one who inspired a great fleet,
And all of the trainees are going through hell, and
We know it's inertia we're trying to beat.
I turn and I ask you, "Should I try to follow?
Should I take their tests and line up day by day?"
You say, "My beloved, this future is hollow,
But I know if we work, then it won't be someday."
I'll clerk and I'll staff and I'll give and I'll labor,
I'll price and I'll raise and I'll weep and I'll pray.
For sacrifice now gives the stars to us later,
And somebody will someday.
They're going to Helen, they're aching for glory,
They're reaching for Mars, with her wonders unseen.
I hope they'll return with a beautiful story,
A broader frontier on that far-off red queen,
But we who remain, who are building tomorrow
With bricks and with beams and with brains and with bolts,
Do not think us less, for we smile in our sorrow,
And we did it all for that one silver boat.
I'll teach and I'll train and I'll work and I'll struggle,
I'll plan and I'll code and I'll strive and I'll pray.
For sacrifice now gives the stars to us later,
And somebody will someday.
I've loved you, believed in you, cherished you, wondered
Each day at your promise, my future, my love.
I don't need to go, though I wish I could follow.
For me, that small boat is enough.
They're taking their tests and they're planning their trips,
They're holding their breath and they're saying "My place might
Be there on the crew of those one thousand ships."
You turn and you ask me "Don't you want that glory?
Don't you want to race for a space in that bay?"
I say, "Not for me; I prefer my own story.
I know somebody will someday."
I'll teach and I'll train and I'll work and I'll struggle,
I'll plan and I'll code and I'll strive and I'll pray.
For sacrifice now gives the stars to us later,
And somebody will someday.
The name of the ship bound for Mars will be Helen,
In honor of one who inspired a great fleet,
And all of the trainees are going through hell, and
We know it's inertia we're trying to beat.
I turn and I ask you, "Should I try to follow?
Should I take their tests and line up day by day?"
You say, "My beloved, this future is hollow,
But I know if we work, then it won't be someday."
I'll clerk and I'll staff and I'll give and I'll labor,
I'll price and I'll raise and I'll weep and I'll pray.
For sacrifice now gives the stars to us later,
And somebody will someday.
They're going to Helen, they're aching for glory,
They're reaching for Mars, with her wonders unseen.
I hope they'll return with a beautiful story,
A broader frontier on that far-off red queen,
But we who remain, who are building tomorrow
With bricks and with beams and with brains and with bolts,
Do not think us less, for we smile in our sorrow,
And we did it all for that one silver boat.
I'll teach and I'll train and I'll work and I'll struggle,
I'll plan and I'll code and I'll strive and I'll pray.
For sacrifice now gives the stars to us later,
And somebody will someday.
I've loved you, believed in you, cherished you, wondered
Each day at your promise, my future, my love.
I don't need to go, though I wish I could follow.
For me, that small boat is enough.