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<br>Grissom, White and Chaffee were the first to pay the price<br>But others now have felt the fatal falling of the dice<br>And seven more have lost their lives that we might win the skies<br>But nothing makes it easier when someone out there dies<br><br>Chorus: It`s minus ten and counting but many more may die<br> As careful as we ever are it costs us lives to try<br> But all who take the risk of space say, &quot;If we die then take our place<br> And please when we are gone, carry on, carry on, carry on, carry on.&quot;<br><br>And if we add the cosmonauts the count is now fourteen<br>Who paid their lives for men to go where man has never been<br>And each one knew the dangers and yet bravely still they tried<br>And begged us all to keep on flying even if they died<br><br>Chorus<br><br>We`re minus ten who sought the stars but out across the lands<br>You`ll see a million volunteers are raising up their hands<br>And all of them are well-prepared to pay that final cost<br>They know that space and all the stars are worth the lives we`ve lost<br><br>Chorus<br><br><br>Words and music: Kathy Mar<br><br>Copyright 1986 Kathy Mar