Tears at Canaveral

Many before had strapped themselves aboard that tower of lightning And sought to reach the heavens, but to make it home alive But hubris and complacency bleed into human nature And we seek to pinch a penny when safety costs a pound There's ice on the launch pad at Canaveral Someone overrode the engineers Now seven lives were taken at Canaveral And the world still remembers with our tears Twenty-five safe launches had proceeded that dark morning On the 28th of January when seven brave souls died Millions watched in horror as the debris started falling And clouds of smoke and fire put an end to human pride There's ice on the launch pad at Canaveral Someone overrode the engineers Now seven lives were taken at Canaveral And the world still remembers Dick Scobie was the captain of that ill-fated mission Michael was the pilot at Challenger's controls Judith Ronald Ellison, the centre of the mission Gregory and Christina, for research they didn't go There's ice on the launch pad at Canaveral Someone overrode the engineers Now seven lives were taken at Canaveral And the world still remembers with our tears Yes, the world still remembers with our tears