Hawkwind - Aero Space Age lyrics

A flight of steel eagles tearing by The ripped silk screaming of the rended sky Flame on through sound and make time fly What a good way to go What a good way to go In an aero space age inferno Fight on the ground like a circus hound Through the burning hoop with just one bound So that not even your ashes will be found What a good way to go What a good way to go In an aero space age inferno Set the controls for the heart of the Earth The silver machine is worth more than you're worth But the Phoenix soul is bound for rebirth What a good way to go What a good way to go In an aero space age inferno As the plane drifts out toward space We look back upon the blue-green speck of dust that is our home Outwards and onwards, seeking new worlds With the remnants of humanity Settled in the colonies Way out on the outer rim Suddenly without warning An alarm bell screams in my ears But a major navigational failure Means I have to go back to Earth Flying blind on a wing and a prayer I hit the atmosphere at the wrong angle And I skim across it like a stone on the lake Hotter and hotter, the heat becomes unbearable And the searing pain of burn-up melts my eye And my gleaming ship disintegrates in a streaking ball of fire A flight of steel eagles tearing by The ripped silk screaming of the rended sky Flame on through sound and make time fly What a good way to go What a good way to go In an aero space age inferno