The Seven ttto "Heart of the Appaloosa" by Fred Small Lyrics 2003 Michelle Hansard D A G D From the first in 1981, the shining birds would soar A G A The living dreams of ages, labored twenty years and more G A D A G One sunny winter's morning, as had five years' crews gone by, G D A D Brave seven souls stepped to the air, to share their dream to fly. A G D And the people watched and waited, and the heavens sang their names A G A But the song turned to a nightmare in a cloud of smoke and flames D A G D The pillar spiraled upwards, marred the sky of sunshine blue G A G A D Ever burned into our vision, the last those seven flew G D Thunder rolling in the heavens G A Hear the people who watched their screens and cried D There's fire in the sky G D For we had the nerve to try G A D But the heart of the starbound seven never died Now other starbound souls would take their dream and take their drive Saw the birth of a new sister, saw the sky-dream kept alive A fleet of four again would fly, and make the heavens ours For seventeen years after, man strove still to touch the stars The legacy passed crew to crew, the sevens multiplied To learn, to know, to fly, to bear their wings with skill and pride But the oldest sister stumbled on her way back home one day And another bravest seven flew their last and flew away Thunder rolling in the heavens Hear the people who dreamed and dared and tried There's fire in the sky For we had the will to fly But the heart of the starbound seven never died Though some of us have watched before and some have never known The bitter taste the same to see another seven flown The graph that tracked their homeward path and never reached its end The final silent signal for the one they could not send But the starbound don't give up and they will never fold their wings For the sky is still their home and they can hear the song it sings Let us fly, then, ever higher, let it not be 'if' but 'when' And if pride has sent us falling, then let pride lift us again Thunder rolling in the heavens Hear the people, and heed their stubborn cry There's fire in the sky But we still know how to fly May the heart of the starbound seven never die.