[verse 1] I am alone wanderer, a stranger unknown, I search for lost or unknown civilizations, A titanic disk carried me far from home. But I found only total concrete devastation. How many years have passed since the last man died, Where once was noise, now leaves softly sigh, Destroyed cities shimmer in the sun, far and wide. Skyscraper ruins loom, like chessmen standing high. [chorus] And on the moon, the footprints stay, From Apollo’s mission, still tap tap away. On the silver globe, time bends and sways, Human history there forever stays. Voyager probes still sail ahead, Bathing in cosmic waves outspread The golden disks, lost in the vast, Hold mankind’s picture from distance past. [verse 2] I tread on moss and grass where asphalt cracks, Around me, scrap from a satellite that collapsed years ago. Only basalt structures survived a time’s attack Feathered clouds drift soft and slow, Veiling skies in blue that glow. Ages pass, but Earth still remembers the human race. Emerald mounds and lichens have covered the great metropolises. In this gray-green world, I feel like a dinosaur from the Triassic age Pink magnolias rise on electric poles in gentle symbiosis [chorus] And on the moon, the footprints stay, From Apollo’s mission, still tap tap away. On the silver globe, time bends and sways, Human history there forever stays. Voyager probes still sail ahead, Bathing in cosmic waves outspread The golden disks, lost in the vast, Hold mankind’s picture from distance past. [verse 3] And only the pyramids of Giza still tower over the sand, Though thousands of years have passed away, Pharaoh Khufu never knew they'd forever stand. Their erosion-resistant stone holds decay at bay. The flat faces of presidents carved in stone, In Rushmore’s mountains of South Dakota’s pride, Watch reborn flora and fauna, in awe unknown. Shining alone, like a diamond in wooden inside. The Great Wall of China still twists and sways, Like a relic of a lost old nation Where timid bricks peek through the haze. Giving in to nature’s wild agitation. [chorus] And on the moon, the footprints stay, From Apollo’s mission, still tap tap away. On the silver globe, time bends and sways, Human history there forever stays. Voyager probes still sail ahead, Bathing in cosmic waves outspread The golden disks, lost in the vast, Hold mankind’s picture from distance past. [verse 4] I've been to this planet a dozen times before, I witnessed the great extinction of dinosaurs so tall, Studying tectonic shifts and landscapes to explore. Observed vast glaciers and climate's slow fall. "Each time this world renews, I'm left in awe, I wonder which world was truly the best, Is it the present, or the past I saw? What will I find here in a million-year quest [chorus] And on the moon, the footprints stay, From Apollo’s mission, still tap tap away. On the silver globe, time bends and sways, Human history there forever stays. Voyager probes still sail ahead, Bathing in cosmic waves outspread The golden disks, lost in the vast, Hold mankind’s picture from distance past.
