I found this one on the Firebird Arts album "Carmen Miranda's Ghost", now long out of print, and unfortunately my copy is secondhand so I don't have a proper title or artist for it... Still:
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Quote:--
He wasn't quite sure what went wrong, just that the engines blew
And flung him hard against the wall, and him the only crew
He felt like he'd been broke in half, he passed out twice from pain
And when he heard the voices, he was sure he'd gone insane
Just two of them at first, it was, and then a dozen more
He blinked to see two women kneel beside him on the floor
He thought they might be angels - but they weren't like angels much
No wings, no robes, just plain grey spacer coveralls and such
"You're not dead yet, my friend, and it's not quite your time to go,"
The first one said, "Now look, your rescue beacon's down below.
Ed says that there's another ship, not far away at all!
You still got two good arms, my friend - So grit your teeth and crawl!"
They winked out then, the pain clamped down, he thought he'd move no more
Another one appeared, and sat beside him on the floor
"Come on, Tovarisch," this one urged, "You'll make it, I don't doubt -
Show me some of this 'yankee guts' I've heard so much about!"
It seemed to take eternity, to crawl from here to there
The pain, at least a hundred times, was more than he could bear
But every time he'd start to quit - Lie down, give up, and die,
Another would appear beside him, urging him to try
He reached the beacon in a daze Of fever mist and pain
He hit the activator, and he saw them once again
"Remember, friend," the woman said, "When death is closing fast,
It's then you try your hardest, for the darkness will not last."
He passed out then, the rescue came, they brought him safely home
And he forgot it all, until he got to Luna dome
He passed beneath the hologram, that stands above the door
And recognized the faces there, he'd seen them all before
Gus, and Ed, and Roger, made him hold to hope and try
The Russians, Ronald, Christa too, they wouldn't let him die
He knew whose words had saved him, and he knew that in the end
He'd go to join their company, and greet them as a friend.
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.