40 years ago - So how about I post a Filk
- From: Mark Horning <mhorning@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:05:29 -0700 (PDT)
I wrote this one a couple years ago. Standard disclaimer, you want to
perform it, you give me credit. If you want to record it, we need to
talk remuneration.
Chord changes should be in the right place if viewed with a fixed
width font. If not, here is a link to the .pdf version (plus the lead
sheets for all the songs on Space & Freedom)
http://www.eskimo.com/~mhorning/lyrics/SF_Lyrics.pdf
Hat tip to Kate Gladstone for giving me the idea for the 2nd line.
Modern Myths
Words and Music Copyright Mark E. Horning 13-April-2008
C G
The moon landing's a fairy tale; I've heard some people say.
F G
Why, if we had ever reached the moon, we surely would have stayed.
F C
And when I look into the heavens, with its wonderment and awe
G
It's hard to say with confidence, that argument is flawed.
C
You can light the torch of knowledge
G
you can rail against the dark
F
you can watch in abject horror
G Em Am
as it gutters... to a spark.
My father still remembers, on a trip through Germany
The year was 1969, Sunday July 20.
The radio announced the news; a cheer rose through the bus.
And in wonder of the triumph, the whole world stood with us.
F
'cause the future's still the future
C
and the past is still the past
G
and men once walked upon the moon
Em↓ Am
but the memory's.... fading fast
You can light the torch of knowledge
you can rail against the dark
you can watch in abject horror
as it gutters... to a spark.
And we can tell our children stories, of the things that came before
But when we tell them of Apollo, They don't believe us anymore.
Apollo's not a space program,, He's the Greek god of the sun
And those worthless facts and figures, They just aren't any fun.
You can light the torch of knowledge
You can rail against the dark
You can watch in abject horror
As it gutters... to a spark.
And the lights in our great cities, Hide the wonder of the skies
Some children even grow up thinking that, the stars themselves are
lies.
But the thought that keeps me yearning, and the thought that keeps me
sane,
Is, what man has once accomplished, he may strive to do again.
C
And I will raise the torch of knowledge
G
Like a Beacon in the Dark
F
Keep the promise of the future
G E
Breathe life into that spark.
F
'cause the future's still unwritten
C
and I recall the past
G
and men once walked upon the moon
G E
and that feat can be surpassed
C G Am
and Prometheus may break his chains at last.
C G Am
Yes Prometheus may break those chains at last.
Mark E. Horning,
Physicist, Mesa AZ
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