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"Star Song"

from Passing Through by Bill Sutton

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"The milk run -- quick and cheap," he said
As he shipped from Station Three.
"A chance to be alone," he said,
"Just my guitar and me."
So he loaded up the cargo
And he lifted from the bay.
Navigation entered in,
"Star Song" is on her way.

Two days -- at the halfway point
She's running on her own.
He's sitting in his cabin
Writing songs of home.
She lurches twice, her jets fire,
He crashes to the deck.
He wakes to find the navicomp
Is a twisted, useless wreck.

CHORUS: You see, there ain't no hand to guide you
When the memory banks are blown.
There ain't no sign to point you
To the star you call your own.
Oh, no, there ain't no bloody road map
For the road that leads you home ..
There's only God to help you
When you're lost in space alone.

The dust speck, like a bullet fired,
Had carved away her brain.
Adrift with only life support
She won't find home again.
Her course has changed, she's drifting wide,
He can't tell where he's bound.
He stares out at the endless stars
At space without a sound.

He turns on the mayday beam
And he picks up his guitar.
He sings a song of loneliness
Of a man without a star.
He sings of how he's feeling
When there's no one else around --
With little chance of getting home,
With power running down.

CHORUS

The liner "Carrilon" is running
Three days out from Sol
When Com reports a frequency
Is sounding mayday call.
She turns to track the trouble
Finding mindless ship and song.
She grapples with the freighter
And she takes the pilot on.

Another day and "Carrilon"
Has made her planetfall.
"Star Song" has had her comp replaced,
She's ready for another haul.
He shudders once as he climbs in,
Just he and his guitar --
But he just shrugs and enters in
The course for another star.

CHORUS

credits

from Passing Through, released October 31, 1999
Words and music by Bill Sutton ©1984 Mad Tom Music

Performers include one or more of:

Bill Sutton: vocals, guitar
Nate Bucklin: lead guitar
Barry Childs-Helton: lead 12-string guitar
Sally Childs-Helton: congas, frame drum, zils, wind chime, drum kit
Dave Clement: backup vocals and effects, bodhran, cittern, washboard, guitar, dumbek
Kylea Fulton: flute, whistle
Tom Jeffers: backup vocals and effects, bass guitar, mandolin, cittern
Mike Musser: saxophone
Bill Roper: backup vocals and effects
Gretchen Roper: backup vocals and effects
Brenda Sutton: backup vocals

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