Dan Dare
Rock Of The Westies
DAN DARE (PILOT OF THE FUTURE)
Year: 1975
Album: ROCK OF THE WESTIES
Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
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Can you tell me how old Dan might have done it
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If he'd been here now, holy cow
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My stars might have been read on the planet Mars
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Because I don't have foresight to see
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If we still be together in the twenty first
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In the twenty first century
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He's our flying ace, pilot of the future
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In an endless space, holy cow
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My eyes never saw a rocket that was quite that size
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Because I don't have the energy
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To be cat and mouse for the champions
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For the champions of destiny
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So long captain Dan
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I fail to see what motivates your hands
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Goodbye restless night
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You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight
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So long, so long
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Dan Dare doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
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But I liked the Mekon
(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE x2)
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So long captain Dan
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I fail to see what motivates your hands
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Goodbye restless night
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You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight
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So long, so long
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Dan Dare doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
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But I liked the Mekon
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Dan Dare doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
Cm\B C
But I liked the Mekon
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Dan Dare doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
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He doesn't know it
Cm\B C
But I liked the Mekon
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Dan Dare doesn't know it
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No he doesn't know it
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No he doesn't know it
Cm\B C
But I liked the Mekon.