The Space Race

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Well I wonder why it is
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that we have rascals rogues and losers
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We've got roustabouts rapscallions and a bucket load of boozers
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We've got balladeers and blowhards of all sorts
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We've got poets priests and pirates
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but we have no astronauts

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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (x3)  oh, oh, oh, oh,
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh  (just listen to the song, it makes sense, trust me)

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They say there was a space race
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if there was I think I missed it
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From the earth up to the moon and back,
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doesn't that take the biscuit
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Well I wouldn't mind a little ride in zero gravity
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as long as they could promise I'd be home in time for tea


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I've got me two good legs if I wanna take a trip,
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I've got no use for a rocket ship
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I'll walk if you don't mind
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It's how I always get around
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I might be staring at the stars
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but I keep both feet on the ground
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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both feet on the ground
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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I've got both feet on the ground
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh   Oh, oh, oh, oh   Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh


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There's a great big giant vacuum
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up there in the sky
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Ah but where's the place to plug it in
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I think it's all a lie
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I've heard of Halley's Comet, And I'll tell you what I think
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It's just a kind of chemical for cleaning out the sink


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We've got no use for Sputnik
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We've got sponge to go around
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And you'll never see the shuttle land
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on the streets of Newlyn Town
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Well in the fields of "Vatimbly" there's not a launching pad in sight
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We've got no "Mersa voyageurs" and we turned out all right