Song Description

a tribute to the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle crews.

Lyrics

DISTANT SHORES
Words & Music by Michael Drew Shaw and Walter Guy


I can still remember when I was just a child of ten,
Shining stars in summer skies ? I wished that I could fly,
Dreamin? dreams of Distant Shores where no one ever stood before,
Somehow even then I knew I?d see it all come true,

AND THROUGH THE YEARS I?VE KEPT AN EYE,
ON THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO HAVE FLOWN,
I?VE PRAYED AT NIGHT TO GUIDE THEIR FLIGHT,
AND I?VE SEEN MOST SAFELY HOME,
BUT FOR SOME WHO FLY THE PRICE IS HIGH,
SOMETIMES THINGS GO WRONG,
BUT STILL ? WE WILL GO ON,

I?ve watched the beauty of our climb out of sight but in my mind,
This endless journey?s come to be the very heart of me,
I go soaring so it seems even though it?s just in my dreams,
With my Father by my side on my imaginary ride,

AND THROUGH THE YEARS I?VE KEPT AN EYE,
ON THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO HAVE FLOWN,
I?VE PRAYED AT NIGHT TO GUIDE THEIR FLIGHT,
AND I?VE SEEN MOST SAFELY HOME,
BUT FOR SOME WHO FLY THE PRICE IS HIGH,
SOMETIMES THINGS GO WRONG,
BUT STILL ? WE WILL GO ON,

Here?s to heroes we have lost for those dark valleys they have crossed,
That light the way to Distant Shores where no one?s been before,
Here?s to those courageous few who we salute for what they do,
Though there?s danger in the sky they?re bold enough to try,

AND THROUGH THE YEARS I?VE KEPT AN EYE,
ON THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO HAVE FLOWN,
I?VE PRAYED AT NIGHT TO GUIDE THEIR FLIGHT,
AND I?VE SEEN MOST SAFELY HOME,
BUT FOR SOME WHO FLY THE PRICE IS HIGH,
SOMETIMES THINGS GO WRONG,
BUT STILL ? WE WILL GO ON,

We will, we will, we will go on.
We will, we will, we will be strong.