Name: Never Too Late
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: This song weaves my personal journey as a science fiction fan around the history of the US space program. The last verse gets periodically updated, most recently to celebrate the impending (at the time) launch of SpaceX 's historic Demo-2 mission.

Never Too Late

from Here, There, and NEWhere by Gary Ehrlich

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This song weaves my personal journey as a science fiction fan around the history of the US space program. The last verse gets periodically updated, most recently to celebrate the impending (at the time) launch of SpaceX 's historic Demo-2 mission.

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Our reach to space was new when I first came into the world
When I was just a few months old our lunar flags unfurled
A dance on distant soil, the wonders that it showed
Fulfilled a dream that came to us a hundred years ago

CHORUS: It's never too late, never too late, never too late to fly (2x)

When I was young I watched the Skylab with enraptured eyes
In junior high, with classmates, watched the first space shuttles rise
I kept the faith through Challenger 'til once more they roared free
And that's when I discovered all the folks who dreamed like me

When John Glenn went back to the stars I followed as he flew
With those who cheered the first time and with those who cheered anew
The way he persevered until he finally reached his goals
Inspired the journeys that I take and the places I may go

Now as we sing with I.S.S., our dreams are still alive
With Falcon 9 and Dragon flight we know that hope survives
And though it may take many years to reach the stars beyond
We'll bring to life the visions born of paint and word and song

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from Here, There, and NEWhere, released August 28, 2020
Words and music by Gary Ehrlich (c) April 1999, revised May 2020
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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