Rocket Science

Words and music ©2008 by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. It’s ten minutes till ignition, and a man climbs up the thruster

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with a thirty thousand dollar pair of pliers

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And if he turns too tight the gyroscopic hubs could overstabilize;

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if it’s too loose the seat pads could catch fire.

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Chorus: Cause this is rocket science, cause this is rocket science, cause this is rocket science.

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Tight! Loose! Rocket science! Cold! Hot! Rocket science! Life, death, it’s rocket science.

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2. A technician and a colonel with schematics and a weather map

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are arguing the percentage of success.

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Saying perhaps we should recalibrate, but if we let this window pass

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we’ll catch it from the general and the press

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Chorus: Cause this is rocket science, cause this is rocket science, cause this is rocket science.

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Tight! Loose! Rocket science! Cold! Hot! Rocket science! Life, death, it’s rocket science.

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Bridge: Rocket science, a scary ride: you make tough calls on insufficient data

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Rocket science – you decide what’s right and wrong, what does and doesn’t matter.

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3. Now the colonel tells the team charged to investigate the accident:

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It was an act of God, a freak trick of the wind.

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If he sells that line, our jobs are saved and no one else is really hurt,

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and the lawyer strokes his pointed beard and grins.

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Chorus: Cause this is rocket science, cause this is rocket science, cause this is rocket science.

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Truth! Lies! Rocket science! Right! Wrong! Rocket science! Heaven, hell, it’s rocket science.