lets get a written record of this song! Frankie, our daughter, wanted us to sing it over and over yesterday! I learned it in 4th grade music class way back in 1977-78. My sisters and i LOVED that song! I still do!
Orion is arising
Orion is arising
You can see his stars ablazing
Way out here in the middle of a deep blue country sky.
And still what is amazing
You can see his stars ablazing
Way out here where nothing hides it from my eyes.
And sleeping outside in a bag as a kid
It seems like the best thing that I ever did
And chasing the shadows
and the tracks in the snow
Don't you know?
The world is getting older
and I really start to wonder
why we're clouding all the country skys to gray
The world is getting colder
I can hear it in the thunder
and the rain may come and chase us all away!
And sleeping outside in a bag as a kid
It seems like the best thing that I ever did
And chasing the shadows
and the tracks in the snow
Don't you know?
The moon is on the wane
And it looks like it might rain
Or maybe snow.
And how are we to stay here
When there's no room left to play here
Or to grow
Don't you know? Don't you know?
Speedracer adds: Google helped me find the
back-story, along with
reminiscences of a lot of Gen Xers.
