We were sailing away
To land bathed in the sun
We were running a race
But the end may never come
Set adrift into the cold
Set a flight to the unknown
You were faster than I
When you circled ‘round the globe
We were startled awake
By the news you had come home
Set adrift into the cold
Set a flight to the unknown
Vostok, Vostok 1 of ‘61
You won, you captured our hearts
You were sailing away,
For the day you may have won
We have made our mistakes,
But the race has just begun

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