{"id":18831,"date":"2025-06-23T20:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/?p=18831"},"modified":"2025-06-23T20:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:36:05","slug":"the-spacemans-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/the-spacemans-song\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spaceman\u2019s Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New member, Wayne Hicks, has kindly shared this song he wrote. Wayne said &#8220;I believe it speaks clearly about the many beneficial ways that reading Robert&#8217;s works have touched so many of us.&#8221; Please give it a listen!<\/p>\n<div>Lyrics included below.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-18831-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Spacemans-Song.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Spacemans-Song.mp3\">https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Spacemans-Song.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>The Spaceman\u2019s Song<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>by<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Wayne Hicks<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>They linger like the mem&#8217;ry of the sun upon my face,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>The joy, the thrill, the fear as rockets roared me into space,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>The roar and rumble shook me to the bottom of my soul<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>As my ship took me to far-off worlds, and kept me safe and whole,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Should I tell you of the wonders that these eyes of mine have seen?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Can my words paint vibrant pictures, can they show you what I mean?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I have sailed star-studded velvet to a hundred different worlds,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I have stood on great blue marbles, swum the seas of gleaming pearls,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Heard the whispers of the Ancients, witnessed new worlds being born,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Hacked my way through steaming jungles, crawled &#8216;cross deserts, dry, forlorn,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I have seen the Martian Towers, that were old when Earth was young,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Heard the cry of Venus&#8217; Dragons, hid my eyes from Vega&#8217; s sun,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Plowed the fields of New Beginnings, begged for alms in Jubbul&#8217;s streets,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Touched the frozen air of Pluto, sampled Tertius&#8217; luscious treats!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>And what of my adventures, as I sailed across the sky?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I&#8217;ve been Soldier, Slave, Explorer, Beggar, Captain, even Spy!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I&#8217;ve fought bugs beside the Roughnecks, helped the crippled Baslim stand,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I&#8217;ve shared water with the Old Ones, battled stobor hand to hand.!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I have hummed the tunes of Rhysling, &#8220;Grand Canal&#8221;. &#8220;Up Ship!&#8221;, &#8220;Green Hills,&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>And lain back in drunken barrooms, as he belched out &#8220;Rangy Lil!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>I&#8217;ve farmed the tunnels of the moon and faced Galactic Councils down,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Trod the Twenty Universes as a Hero to the Crown!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Oh, Have I made you see, my friend, and would you come along?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>As I make this Glorious Journey, as I sing the Spaceman&#8217;s Song?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>Then, come on your berth is waiting, Hurry!, Don&#8217;t be left behind!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>For we raise ship any moment, in the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span><u>Robert A. Heinlein<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New member, Wayne Hicks, has kindly shared this song he wrote. Wayne said &#8220;I believe it speaks clearly about the many beneficial ways that reading Robert&#8217;s works have touched so many of us.&#8221; Please give it a listen! 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