(captain fooli and the) space monkeys
(c) steve fenton 2006



1. ++I'm a traveller++

i'm a traveller 
across the system
space is glowing
stars glisten
and I'm thinking
about the reason
i am travelling
why I'm leaving

and the place that I'm going
it looks just the same as
the place that I've come from
but the worlds have new names
and i can't remember the reason i left in the first place

i had a job where
i was cleaning
old industrial machinery
cold and dirty
hard living
a world starving
and unforgiving

and night after night i would
stare at the stars and I'd 
dream of the things that might live beyond mars
and now i remember the reason i left in the first place

just pick a spot in the sky
just go out and see what illusions you'll find
any old spot in the sky
just fire up the stardrive and hope it won't
fail you this time
and now i remember the reason i left in the first place

been a long way since I left home
i've had troubles
i've been alone
but i'd never
trade places
for all of
your riches

and the place that I'm going
it looks just the same as
the place that I've come from
but the worlds have new names
I left on the first ship and now i will travel forever

just pick a spot in the sky
go far out and see what new same old illusions you'll find
any old spot in the sky
it ain't the arriving it's more that 
the journey is fine
and now i remember the reason i left in the first place

i'm traveller
across the system
space is glowing
stars glisten
and i'm thinking
about the reason
i am travelling...

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2. ++Runnin' slaves to Zion++

i am just another busy deep space trader
travelling and saving for the future
got all my engines running and the autopilot flies on
this long and rocky road to Zion

i've spent a long time working Cirrus Minor
for asteroids there's really nothing finer
but i'd had enough of scratching out a living to get by on
and now i'm running slaves to Zion

i guess that I'm just running slaves to Zion
now 30 creds a tonne I can survive on
it's only for the money and the profit i rely on
i guess that i'll be running slaves to Zion

as i was travelling past old Drellis station
i saw three ships a flyin in my direction
i said to one that had a neat communication icon
i guess that i'm just running slaves to Zion

she turned around and sent a message to me
she said 'oh your words they send a shiver through me'
and nothing I could say could make her peacefully just fly on
she said i'd sold her family to Zion

i guess that I'm just running slaves to Zion
now 30 creds a tonne I can survive on
it's only for the money and the profit i rely on
i'm only running slaves to Zion

and now i float defenceless in her power
the life i chose is feeling kinda sour
'hull critical' is ringing in my ears and i will die on
this long and rocky road to Zion

i tell you, never run those slaves to Zion
i tell you, never run those slaves to Zion
it's only for the money and for the money i'm going to die on
this long and rocky road to Zion

i tell you, never run those slaves to Zion
i wish that i had never heard of Zion
it's only for the money and for the money i'm going to die on
this long and rocky road to Zion

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space monkeys - words and music (c)steve fenton 2006