The Alan Parsons Project - So Far Away lyrics

We say welcome to the mission Show us all what you can do We need a man with vision So we put our trust in you And now we hope sincerely That you'll do the best that you can do Oh for sure it won't be easy And we will have to risk our lives Some will try to break us And cut us down to size But just remember There can be no consolation prize Not in our eyes It's a long way to go We can't wait one more day We need someone to light up the way We may run out of time Can you hear what we say? Because heaven is so far away Although time is getting short There's still some sand left in the gla** And now we have a living breathing Rocket man at last It's time to take a step And nail our colours to the mast No more talk of great adventures When it's movement that we need It must be our intention That we never loose the lead So count us down to zero And let's get up to speed We're up and away It's a long way to go We can't wait one more day We need someone to light up the way We may run out of time So believe what we say? Because heaven is so far away And so now they cry for justice As if justice will be done But the eye up in the sky Was flying to close to the sun The Challenger has fallen And the race has now been run....