Sixty-nine Some years gone by Since that night When man broke the chains That bound us to Earth We found the way To the sky Ancient dreams Jules Verne should have seen Them come true His heroes of then Were born again But this time they win Gates to the sky We entered them at night Gates to the sky One night in '69 Counting down Down to the sound of ignition Time was standing still As the countdown hit ten Last check on frequency Restless breath Your nerves on their knees As they fly The eyes of the world Were watching them go And I saw the show Gates to the sky We entered them at night Gates to the sky One night in '69