Builders' Song

from Here, There, and NEWhere by Gary Ehrlich

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A song for those who will build the first lunar city, recalling the barn raisers of the American West. Inspired by John M. Ford's novel "Growing Up Weightless"

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CHORUS
Hail to the diggers! Hail to the builders!
Hail to the stars that we see through the dome
This is our foot in the door of the future
This is our pride; this is our lunar home

Tunneling under the regolith
Blasting a home through the dark and the cold
Building a dream from this crater
Engineers, architects, pioneers bold
Tendrils of metal stretch outward
Concrete and steel root us to the ground
Skyline extends 'cross the moonscape
Luna, our homestead, to her we are bound

Rhapsody of road and structure
Rendered from dreamscapes of fantastic worlds
Birth of a home and a city
Challenges mastered, our banner unfurled
Gathering now in the courtyard
Earth smiles down through the glass and the steel
Dancing and toasting our vision
Hail to the dreamers who made this place real!

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from Here, There, and NEWhere, released August 28, 2020
Words and music by Gary Ehrlich (c) September 1998
Recorded July 4, 2020 on Zoom H2n

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Gary Ehrlich Rockville, Maryland

Gary stalks the stages and filk rooms of Northeast cons, singing of space flight, lunar colonies and hyperspace hotels.

Gary was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2012.

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