Artist: MC5 groupe proto punk de Détroit
Song: Starship
Album: Kick out the Jams
Year: 1969
Personnel:
Rob Tyner - vocals
Wayne Kramer - Lead Guitar, Backing vocals
Fred "Sonic" Smith - Rhythm guitar, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Michael Davis - bass
Dennis Thompson - drums
Lyrics:
STARSHIP STARSHIP TAKE ME TAKE ME WHERE I WANT TO GO
OUT THERE AMONG THE PLANETS LET A BILLION SUNS CAST MY SHADOW
STARSHIP STARSHIP TAKE ME STRETCH OUR LEGS IN TIME AND SPACE
TAKE A PASSAGE THROUGH THE VACUUM LET ME FEEL THE STARS BURNIN' ON MY FACE
THE COUNTDOWN
TEN FOR THE GRAVITY - CHECKPOINT!
NINE FOR POLARITY - CHECKPOINT!
EIGHT FOR THE GYRO GEAR CRANK
SEVEN FOR THE PRISMATIC TIME WARP
SIX FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN
FIVE FOR THE POWER OF THE NUCLEUS NEBULA
FOUR FOR THE EYES, EARS, NOSE, THINK, FEEL, SPEAK
THREE FOR THE MANY LEVELS
TWO FOR THE CHROMOSOME
ONE FOR THE ENERGY
ONE FOR THE ENERGY
ONE-CHECK!
ONE-CHECK!
ONE-CHECK! ONE-CHECK! ONE FOR THE ENER-CHECK!
BLAST OFF
LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM LEAVING LEAVING LEAVING LEAVING Ahhhh, Ahh, Ahh
NOW IN OUTER SPACE
ROB SPEAKING IN A ALIEN LANGUAGE
IT'S COLD IN SUNFIRE GLORY
FROM THIS POINT I RISE TO INFINITY...
(MANY INHUMAN SOUNDS)
(I AM STILL ATTEMPTING TO TRANSLATE CORRECTLY)
THE MESSAGE REVEALED FROM OUTER SPACE
THERE IS A LAND WHOSE BEAUTY IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE TO THE HUMAN MIND
[IN A DAZE?] WE STAND THERE AND LOOK FURTHER THAN THE ORDINARY EYE CAN SEE
CHILDREN, FAR ABOVE THE ROOF OF THIS WORLD
WE CAN ENCOMPASS VISTAS OF THE WORLDS
THERE IS A LAND WHERE THE SUN SHINES ETERNALLY
ETERNALLY, ETERNALLY
OUT THERE IN OUTER SPACE IS A LIVING, BLAZING FIRE SO VITAL AND ALIVE
THAT IT THERE IS NO NEED TO DESCRIBE ITS SPENDOR "
