Throughout history, man has sought prosperity
By daring to challenge the unknown
Through the ages he's discovered, exploited, and recovered
All the riches of this planet for his own
Thus improving his condition, he's confronted with decision:
What to do about the future on a world that he's outgrown?
Well, there's only one way to go from here, one way to go!
It's logical, it's clear - there's only one way to go from here
Without a doubt, the only way to go from here is out!
Overpopulation, unemployment, and inflation
Destruction of the Earth's ecology
And limited supplies of energy deny
A base for developing Third World industry
Starvation and poverty, or wealth from technology:
Expansion is the key to a healthy world economy
And there's only one way to go from here, one way to go!
It's logical, it's clear - there's only one way to go from here
Without a doubt, the only way to go from here is out!
Cars replacing horses, now petroleum resources
Face depletion 'fore the century is through
And they're under the a**umption that our energy consumption
Can be met by synthesizing fossil fuels;
Solar power's the solution (when considering pollution)
Or someday we might be frying in a cloud of CO2
Then there's only one way to go from here, one way to go!
It's logical, it's clear - there's only one way to go from here
Without a doubt, the only way to go from here is out!
Breaking free of gravity, moving industry
Beyond the planet's surface into space
Lunar mines and factories, Lagrange Point colonies
Total productivity and nothing goes to waste
Solar-sailing ships deployed to mine the asteroids
While Earth becomes a paradise, her ugly scars erased
'Cause there's only one way to go from here, one way to go!
It's logical, it's clear - there's only one way to go from here
Without a doubt, the only way to go from here is out!
Throughout the solar system, man will spread and requisition
All the elements of the planets and the moons
More than just surviving - flourishing and thriving
Until some future day when, once again, he faces doom
In a thousand years or two, he'll lament now what to do
We're exhausting our resources and we're running out of room
But there's only one way to go from here, one way to go!
It's logical, it's clear - there's only one way to go from here
Without a doubt, the only way to go from here is out!
So reach for the stars, they're not that far!
Without a doubt, the only way to go from here
The only way to go from here
The only way to go from here is out!