Mission to Mars

**Countdown is commencing** Pretty soon I'll be saying, **goodbye Earth** A **rocket ride on a BuckingBronc** At **seventeen thousand miles an hour** It's only **seven months to Mars** **Give or take a light year or two** (or three) And I wanna, I wanna be an **astronaut** I wanna, I wanna, wanna **Starting lift-off procedures** All **systems standing by, over** **Over**? **Blast-off, I'm on my way, I'm a shooting star** A **man on a mission** I hang with the **man on the Moon, I'll be there soon** A **man on a mission to Mars** I **head bang on the gangway** Say my prayers, **cross my heart and hope to die** Open a window for the **seven sisters of Pleiades** **Hello ladies** (hello **Moon man**) **Three hundred million miles to Mars** It doesn't seem so far away (yes, it does) And I wanna, I wanna be an **astronaut** I wanna, I wanna, wanna **Starting landing procedures** All systems standing by, over **Over**? **Blast-off, I'm on my way, I'm a shooting star** A **man on a mission** I hang with the **man on the Moon, I'll be there soon** I'm a **man on a mission to Mars** Commander, is there any **evidence of prior civilization on the surface**? **Utopia**, roger I see **debris and rubbish everywhere** that's covered in dust There's an **abandoned spacecraft buried** 1-3-0, 200 meters **Standby** **Everything's covered in rust**, and yet **no signs of life, at least not yet** Why don't we just return to Earth and **let it rust in peace out here**? **Utopia**, I have seen to have found a **time capsule of some sort** It appears to have words on it **What does it say**? **Commander? Commander**? The **objective is compromised, we have to go now** **Initiating start up sequence, three minutes to lift off** **We don't have three minutes** Roger, **powering up generators** **Emergency, urgent** This is a **message from Mars** **Request permission to return to Earth, over** **Emergency, urgent!** This is a message, **they're not hearing us** **Request permission to return to Earth** This is **Space Force Control, permission to return to Earth is denied** **Proceed a warp speed to Jupiter** No, no! This is a **message from Mars** **Engaging off, all engines go, we must return to Earth, urgent, over** **Starship Utopia, Earth has been vaporized** But we have found a **new way, and you sure are the first in line** **Starting crash landing procedures** All **systems standing by, over** **Over** **Over**? **Mission failure** **Mission failure** **Mission failure** Clear **Mission failure** **Mission failure**