Surprise! (Gunnar Madsen)

歌詞

Ho ho ho ho! Svetlana, come here; I have story to tell you. You know, it was Neil Armstrong jumping up and down on the moon Oh we laughed back in Moscow when we saw that. Remember the fifties, those fat complacent days when the future seemed a century away. Then up went Sputnik, gave the world a butt-kick and made it clear tomorrow starts today. ==CHORUS== Beep beep beep beep "Hello there!" Sputnik sails giggling through the skies Red flags, red faces, jump in the race as the space age begins with a surprise. You generals once thought Von Braun a waste of cash and Goddard needed treatment really bad and that global shot put gave you a hot foot and beep beep you blasted off the pad. CHORUS Done for a threat, propaganda or prestige the point is the thing was in the sky It made the generals frown and put their money down and meet that bet or know the reason why. CHORUS That's how it started all those years ago the push that got us climbing into space cynic beginnings, greed for big winnings but look at all we've gotten from that race. CHORUS Sputnik wore out and spiraled back to Earth. On reentry it burned up very soon Hail and good-bye to that goose in the sky and in 12 more years our men walked on the moon.