To Boldly Go

Words by Rhodri James
Music: "Lament for Gwydion" (Mike Whitaker)
A MIDI file (2Kb) of this song is available by kind permission of Mike Whitaker. 

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        Far across the ocean of the deepest night,
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        Gaze beyond the planets as you fade from sight.
        F               G               C          Am
        We who sent you on your way and heard your data-song,
        Em             F                G          Am
        Gather here to shed a tear; the Voyager is gone.
        
        
        Motion in the stillness, glitter in the dark.
        Solar-bound no longer, you have left your mark.
        We remember what you saw in Jove and Saturn's skies;
        Turn your gaze beyond their haze and seek another prize.
        
        
        Islands in the waters, fires in the sky.
        What delights await you now we've said goodbye?
        Will some other eyes behold your wandering from afar?
        Will they see the message we have sent out to the stars?
        
        
        Singing in the silence, sailing through the night.
        Fortune guard the passage of your endless flight.
        We who once could guide your path and marvel as you flew
        Ask the gods that where you've trodden we may follow too.