Cobalt Starstrong's Cold-Blooded Girl

Little cold-blooded girl
Basking, as you lean against the rail
With the morning sunlight
Glittering on your scales
Like constellations decorate the night
Oh, what a sight

They say cold-blooded
(Ooh-wah-ooh)
Like they mean something less than kind
But you just borrow from the sunlight
(From the sunlight)
A warmth the rest of us can't find

Cold-blooded girl
(Ooh-ooh, cold-blooded girl)
Warm as any star I've flown by
Cold-blooded girl
(Ooh-ooh, cold-blooded girl)
You make every sun feel like home
Oh my, oh my

I have crossed a hundred systems
(Sha-la-la, a hundred more)
Seen the burning and the frozen
Never seen a light before
Like the slow light that you gather
(Gather, gather)
Basking, as you lean against the rail
Little cold-blooded girl
With the morning on your scales

Oh, they say cold-blooded
(Ooh-wah-ooh)
Like they mean something less than kind
But you just borrow from the sunlight
(From the sunlight)
A warmth the rest of us can't find

My cold-blooded girl
(Ooh-ooh, cold-blooded girl)
My cold-blooded girl
Warm as any star I've flown by
Cold-blooded girl
(Ooh-ooh, cold-blooded girl)
You make every sun
(Every sun)
Every sun feel like home
(Oh my, oh my, oh woah)
Feel like home

(Bom-bom-dip-da-dip)
(Bom-bom-dip-da-dip)
(Ooooooh ah mmmmm ah ooooh)

Well you've heard about the haulers and the heavy-thunder crawlers
And the fusion-burning fellas going fast
But the sweetest way of sailing is a silver sheet unfurling
(Catch it, catch it)
'Cause the sunshine's free and the sunshine lasts

Catch the solar wind, catch the solar wind
(Ooooooh ah mmmmm ah ooooh)
(Catch-catch, catch the wind)
And you're flying on the light
(Catch-catch, catch the wind)
And the whole sky's yours tonight

Don't need a tank, don't need a torch, don't need a ton of thunder
(Bom-bom-dip-da-dip)
Just a sail and a sun and away we go
Every photon is a shoulder, every flare's a friendly shove
Once you've run before the light, you'll never row

Catch the solar wind, catch the solar wind
(Ooooooh ah mmmmm ah ooooh)
(Catch-catch, catch the wind)
And you're flying on the light
(Catch-catch, catch the wind)
And the whole sky's yours tonight

Trim her tight and let her lean and feel the photons pouring
(Ooh-ooh, feel 'em pouring)
Sweetest ride a spacer's ever known
No rattle and no roar, just a rush and then you're soaring
(Soaring, soaring)
On a river made of sunshine, headed home

Catch the solar wind
(Catch-catch, catch the wind)
(Bom-bom-dip-da-dip)
The whole sky's yours tonight
Yours tonight

There's a moon the pilots wish on
Though they'd never say they do
Hanging low above the spaceport
In a shade of harbor blue

And they say
(They say)
If she's shining when you launch
(When you launch)
Then the one you love will keep
Every promise that she made you
While you're rocking in the deep

Pilot's moon
(Ooh, pilot's moon)
Shine on my departure day
Pilot's moon
(Ooh, pilot's moon)
Hold her heart while I'm away

I'm not a superstitious spaceman
(Ahh-ahh)
I believe in charts and math
But I checked the sky this evening
(This evening, this evening)
And she's shining on my path

Pilot's moon
(Ooh, pilot's moon)
Shine on my departure day
Pilot's moon
(Ooh, pilot's moon)
Hold her heart
(Hold her heart)
Hold her heart while I'm away
(Ooh, pilot's moon)
While I'm away

I've seen the crystal towers
Of the cities in the stars
I've danced on rings of Saturn
Sold my boots on Mars

But I'm a homeport boy
(Homeport, homeport)
From a little patch of sky
Where the freighters come in singing
And the gulls know how to fly

Been to Vega, been to Rigel, been to every flashy address
(Doo-doo-wah, doo-doo-wah)
Seen the neon running wild on Station Nine
But when they ask me where I'm from, friend
(Where you from, boy, where you from)
There's a little strip of tarmac on my mind

Just a strip of tarmac
(Ooh-ooh)
Just a diner and a tower
Just the place my heart returns to
At the small and quiet hour

'Cause I'm a homeport boy
(Homeport, homeport)
From a little patch of sky
Where the freighters come in singing
(Singing, singing)
And the gulls know how to fly
(Doo-doo-wah)

Where the freighters come in singing
(Singing, singing)
And the gulls know how to fly
(Doo-doo-wah)
I'm a homeport boy
(Homeport, homeport)
Homeport boy
(Homeport, homeport)
Till the day I die

(Ooh)
(Ooh-ahh-ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh-ahh-ooh)

Drift glass
(Drift glass, drift glass)
On the shore
(The shore, the shore)

What was broken and jagged
Is now smooth and worn

Pieces of the old ships
(Ahh-ahh)
Tumbled smooth and small
(Ahh-ahh)
Every color glowing
Where the tide lines fall
(Ooh-ahh-ooh, where the tide lines fall)
Souvenirs of the sky

Smooth and worn
(Smooth and worn)
Jagged no more
(No more)

(Bum-bah-dah)
(Bum-bah-dah)
Drift glass
(Drift glass, drift glass)
Evermore
(Evermore)

What the sky surrenders
(Ahh-ahh)
Now decorates the shore
(Ahh-ahh)
Driftglass on the shoreline
(Ooh-ahh-ooh)
Smooth, oh, smooth and worn

She's a scuffed-up, souped-up, silver little scrapper
(Bom-bom-dip-da-dip)
With a stardrive due and a dent or two
And the dockyard boys all laugh — but after
(Bom-bom-dip-da-dip)
She's gone-gone-gone before they're through

She can dip, she can dance, she can dust your daddy's cruiser
(Little ship, little ship)
She can slip, she can spin, on a half a tank she'll win
(Little ship, little ship)
My little silver ship
(Oom-dip-a-dip, oom-dip-a-dip)
My little silver ship

She's got a rebuilt bottle and a hull like a dime
And a rattle in the vents that I call a purr
Every dockhand whistles when I bring her in on time
(On time, on time)
Ain't a sleek new yacht that can hang with her

She can dip, she can dance, she can dust your daddy's cruiser
(Little ship, little ship)
She can slip, she can spin, on a half a tank she'll win
(Little ship, little ship)
My little silver ship
(Oom-dip-a-dip, oom-dip-a-dip)
My little silver ship

Zero to escape before your jaw can drop, son
(Whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Don't you let the rust and the racket fool your eye
When I open up the throttle, boys, this lady doesn't stop, son
(Doesn't stop, doesn't stop)
She's a scuffed-up cup of lightning and she flies

She can dip, she can dance, she can dust your daddy's cruiser
(Little ship, little ship)
She can slip, she can spin, on a half a tank she'll win
(Little ship, little ship)
My little silver ship
(Oom-dip-a-dip, oom-dip-a-dip)
Little silver ship
(Oom-dip-a-dip)
Watch her rip

There's a place aboard this vessel
Where the noise can't follow me
Just a bunk, a shelf, a porthole
And the slow eternity

In my cabin
(In my cabin)
I can set my worries down
In my cabin
(In my cabin)
There's no up and there's no down

I can dim the panel lighting
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Let the starfield fill the glass
All my doubts float up like dust motes
(Like dust motes)
And I watch them slowly pass

Out there I'm the smiling spaceman
Every hour on display
But in here I'm only me, love
(Only me, love)
And that's fine, in here that's okay

In my cabin
(In my cabin)
I can set my worries down
In my cabin
(In my cabin)
There's no up
(No up)
And there's no down
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
In my cabin
(In my cabin)
In my cabin
(In my cabin)
Safe and sound

(Ahh-ee-ahh)
(Ahh-ee-ahh)

Have you heard about the planet
Where the oceans glow at dusk
Where the air is warm as breathing
And it smells of rain and musk

Emerald world
(Emerald, emerald)
Green as anything alive
Emerald world
(Emerald, emerald)
Every spacer's longest drive

They say the hills sing in the evening
(Sing, sing)
When the double moons are high
And nobody who has been there
Ever quite says goodbye

I've been saving all my shore leave
(Ooh-wah, all my shore leave)
I've been studying the charts
One more haul and then I'm bound there
With an emerald in my heart

Emerald world
(Emerald, emerald)
Green as anything alive
Emerald world
(Emerald, emerald)
Every spacer's longest drive

(Ooh, gonna go, gonna go)
(Gonna go someday)
Past the red stars, past the blue stars
All that long, long way

(Doo-wah, doo-wah)
Keep that green world shining
(Doo-wah, doo-wah)
Till I come your way

Emerald, emerald
Calling me tonight
Emerald, emerald
Keep your moons burning bright

They say the hills sing in the evening
(Sing, sing)
When the double moons are high
And nobody who has been there
Ever quite says goodbye

I've been saving all my shore leave
(Ooh-wah, all my shore leave)
I've been studying the charts
One more haul and then I'm bound there
With an emerald in my heart

(Ahh-ee-ahh)
Emerald world
(Emerald, emerald)
Emerald world
(Emerald, emerald)
Soon I will arrive

Well the groundside guys are gorgeous and the station set is stylish
And the pop stars down on Rellis really shine
But the fellas with the vacuum in their voices got the vote, son
(Got the vote, son, got the vote, son)
'Cause a spacer's got the starlight in his spine

Spacers rule, spacers rule
(Rule-rule, spacers rule)
You better believe it, honey
Spacers rule, spacers rule
(Rule-rule, spacers rule)
And it ain't about the money

We've got comet-tails for neckties, got the auroras in our eyes
Got a strut you only get from walking hulls
When we swagger in the dance hall every heart says have a ball, y'all
(Have a ball, y'all, have a ball, y'all)
'Cause nobody parties harder than the gulls

Spacers rule, spacers rule
(Rule-rule, spacers rule)
You better believe it, honey
Spacers rule, spacers rule
(Rule-rule, spacers rule)
And it ain't about the money

Now I hear there's a young lady with the scales and the guitar, boys
(Sha-la-la, a young lady)
Says she's coming for my crown and my acclaim
Says she'll shake apart a star, boys — well I say come as you are, girl
(Come on up, Star-Shaker, come on up)
The sky's got room for two on the marquee frame

But till you've flown it —
Spacers rule, spacers rule
(Rule-rule, spacers rule)
You better believe it
(Star-Shaker, you better believe it)
Spacers rule, spacers rule
(Rule-rule, spacers rule)
You better believe it
(Star-Shaker, you better believe it)
Spacers rule

Every Thursday down the hangar
On the edge of Pad Fifteen
We've got wrenches, we've got coffee
We've got dreams of turbine green

It's our rocket club
(Our rocket club)
Bum-bum-bah-dah
(Bum-bum-bah-dah)
Ain't a member we would trade

Marisol rebuilt her booster
From a wreck the yard wrote off
Old Ignacio does the welding
Though his hands have gotten soft

Some ain't never been to orbit
(Ooh-ooh, not yet, not yet)
But I know they'll get there soon
As a club, all in a line
But we're pooling every paycheck
And we're doing just fine

Niko's got a guidance problem
Keeps on drifting ten degrees
June has built a cockpit heater
Out of parts from vending machines

Someone's always short a gasket
Someone's always lost a screw
Someone's engine won't stop coughing
Someone swears the math is true

Once a month we roll 'em outward
Past the lights of Pad Fifteen
Count 'em down beneath the starlight
Prettiest sight you've ever seen

Some ain't never been to orbit
(Ooh-ooh, not yet, not yet)
But I know they'll get there soon
As a club, all in a line
But we're pooling every paycheck
And we're doing just fine

It's our rocket club
(Our rocket club)
Bum-bum-bah-dah
(Bum-bum-bah-dah)
Ain't a member we would trade
Come on down some Thursday evening
(Thursday evening)
See the fleet that friendship made
(Bum-bum-bah-dah)
Our rocket club
(Our rocket club)
Our rocket club
(Our rocket club)
Ain't a one of us afraid

Close your eyes now, little darling
Let the day drift off the pier
I'll be right here by the window
Where the night comes soft and clear

And I'll keep
(Ooh-ooh)
Your stardust dream
(Your stardust dream)
Safe until the morning light
Every wish you send up sleeping
I will carry through the night

You were made of stars, my darling
(Stardust, stardust)
Long before you came to me
And you'll shine long after sunrise
Like the light upon the sea

(Ooh-ah, starlight)
(Ooh-ah, sea)
Drift away, drift away
Softly back to me

(La-la, moonlight)
(Sha-na-na, shine)
Little star, little star
Dream across the night

Ooh-wah, stardust
Ooh-wah, glow
Where your little dreaming goes
Only stars can know

(Ahh-ahh)
(Ahh-ahh)
Sleep and sail
Sleep and shine

So dream your stardust dream
(Your stardust dream)
Sail it slow and sail it far
I'll be right here by the window
(By the window)
Keeping watch on every star
(Ooh-ooh)
Your stardust dream
(Your stardust dream)
Your stardust dream
(Your stardust dream)
Sleep now, little star

(Bah-doo-bah-doo-bah)
(Bah-doo-bah-doo-bah)

Well the rhythm's in the rocket and the rocket's got a rumble
And the rumble's got the whole deck doing the jump
Boogie thruster, boogie thruster
(Boogie-boogie, light it up)
Feel it thumping in the plating, hear it pump

Shake-shake-shake it to the rattle of the burn, boys
(Whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Stomp-stomp-stomp it till the stage lets go
Everybody's got a turn and it's a turbine kind of turn, boys
(Turn, boys, turn, boys)
When the boogie thruster's burning down below

Boogie thruster, boogie thruster
(Boogie-boogie, don't you stop)
Boogie thruster, boogie thruster
(Boogie-boogie, to the top)

(Whoo!)
Shake it, shake it
(Shake it, shake it)
All the way to the top
(To the top)

Rattle in the deck plates, rhythm in the roar, son
(Whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Nobody's sitting anymore, that's the law, son
(That's the law, that's the law)
When the boogie thruster's cooking
Every boot is off the floor
(Bah-doo-bah-doo-bah)
Boogie thruster
(Boogie, boogie)
Boogie thruster
(Boogie, boogie)
Go, go, go
(Bah-doo-bah-doo-bah)
Go!