Can you tell me how old Dan might have done it
  If he'd been here now, holy cow
  My stars might have been read on the planet Mars
  Because I don't have foresight to see
  If we still be together in the twenty first
  In the twenty first century
    He's our flying ace, pilot of the future
  In an endless space, holy cow
  My eyes never saw a rocket that was quite that size
  Because I don't have the energy
  To be cat and mouse for the champions
  For the champions of destiny
    So long captain Dan
  I fail to see what motivates your hands
  Goodbye restless night
  You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight
  So long, so long
    Dan Dare doesn't know it
  He doesn't know it
  He doesn't know it
  But I liked the Meko