Slingshot
©2009 Tom Zehnder and Tim Gibbs Zehnder

Slingshot, that’s the maneuver
Still dark from this side of the moon
No word, radio black out
Sit tight, this will all be over soon

Earth rise, look at her out there
That’s home and she’s so far away
Bright blue and delicately precious
Where everyone I know just spun another day

Home never looked this way
One bright blue jewel set in the cold, cold empty
Home many miles away
For all of us is all the more home

Weightless in the cold and quiet
Let me tell you what I see from here
Days out going one direction
Swing around, I’m heading back and it’s all clear
(clear to me now)

Home never looked this way
One bright blue jewel set in the cold, cold empty
Home many miles away
For all of us is all the more home

Do do do do do…

Earth rise, look at her out there
That’s home and she’s so far away
Bright blue and delicately precious
Where everyone I know just spun another day

Home never looked this way
One bright blue jewel set in the cold, cold empty
Home many miles away
For all of us is all the more home (2x)

Sling shot, that’s the maneuver
Still dark from this side of the moon…