Lone Space Ranger and Protono

Verse 1 The Lone Space Ranger rides tonight Through the black between the stars Boot heels kickin’ stardust trails Past Jupiter’s neon bars His saddle’s made of meteor iron His hat brim cuts the glow And somewhere out beyond Orion Runs his scout named Protono ⸻ Verse 2 Protono’s fast as solar wind Ears sharp as comet tails He scouts the dark for trouble signs Along the cosmic trails He circles back through asteroid dust With a warning in his tone When the black holes start actin’ restless And the ranger rides alone ⸻ Chorus It’s the Lone Space Ranger ridin’ slow Across the Milky Way plateau With his sidekick scout Protono Through the nebula glow and the gamma ray snow Where the lost star drifters go Just the ranger and Protono ⸻ Verse 3 They passed a ghost town on Pluto Where the red suns used to shine Just rusted ships and broken dreams From an old interstellar line A jukebox hummed in vacuum wind Playin’ a lonely steel guitar Protono pawed the frozen dust While the ranger watched the stars ⸻ Bridge Now time’s just smoke in a saddlebag And space is a long dirt road Every star’s a campfire burnin’ Where the lonely cowboys rode Protono lifts his silver head When the dark winds start to blow And the ranger tips his hat brim low And whispers, “Easy, Protono…” ⸻ Final Chorus The Lone Space Ranger rides again Where the dying quasars glow With his loyal scout Protono Through the silent rings of Saturn’s snow Where the cosmic tumbleweeds blow Just the ranger and Protono