Mission to Mayhem - Robert Ethington

Countdown is commencing Pretty soon I'll be saying "Goodbye Earth" A rocket ride on a bucking bronc At 17,000 miles an hour It's only seven months to Mars Give or take, a light-year or two (or three) And I wanna, I wanna be an astronaut I wanna, I wanna, wanna Starting lift-off procedures All systems standing by, over Over, over Blast-off, I'm on my way I'm a shooting star, a man on a mission I hang with the man on the moon, I'll be there soon A man on a mission to Mars I head bang on the gangway Say my prayers, cross my heart and hope to die Open a window for the Seven Sisters of Pleiades Hello, ladies (hello, Moon Man) 300 million miles to Mars It doesn't seem so far away (yes, it does) And I wanna, I wanna be an astronaut I wanna, I wanna, wanna Starting landing procedures All systems standing by Over, over Blast-off, I'm on my way I'm a shooting star, a man on a mission I hang with the man on the moon, I'll be there soon A man on a mission to Mars Blast-off, I'm on my way I'm a shooting star, a man on a mission I hang with the man on the moon, I'll be there soon I'm a man on a mission to Mars Commander, is there any evidence of prior civilization on the surface? Utopia, roger I see debris and rubbish everywhere that's covered in dust There's an abandoned spacecraft buried 1-3-0, 200 meters Standby Everything's covered in rust, and yet no signs of life, at least not yet Why don't we just return to Earth and let it rust in peace out here? Utopia, I have seen to have found a time capsule of some sort It appears to have words on it What does it say? Commander? Commander? The objective is compromised, we have to go now Initiating start up sequence, three minutes to lift off We don't have three minutes Roger, powering up generators Emergency, urgent This is a message from Mars Request permission to return to Earth, over Emergency, urgent! This is a message... They're not hearing us Request permission to return to Earth This is Space Force Control, permission to return to Earth is denied Proceed a warp speed to Jupiter No, no! This is a message from Mars Engaging off, all engines go, we must return to Earth, urgent, over Starship Utopia, Earth has been vaporized But we have found a new way, and you sure are the first in line Starting crash landing procedures All systems standing by, over Over Over? Mission failure Mission failure Mission failure Clear Mission failure Mission failure