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Frank Turner( Francis Edward Turner )
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Silent Key
On the 28th of January 1986 Christa McAuliffe Gazed in horror as the O-rings failed, And she died, and she died, and she died.
For the next agonising two minutes and forty-five long seconds She called out the truth on a broken radio: 'I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive'.
It came as some surprise to realise that As she lost everything The world was revealed in a transmission so real That she understood everything: You're still alive.
Four thousand nautical miles as the crow flies away A home-made ham radio in the loft of a Hampshire family home Came alive, came alive, came alive.
And so the four year old amateur operator thus became The only person to hear Christa's last desperate communique: Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com 'We're alive, we're alive, we're alive'.
It came as some surprise to realise While he didn't catch everything, The world was revealed in a transmission so real That he understood everything: You're still alive.
And Christa said:
'The darkness up above Led me on like unrequited love, While all the things I need Were down here in the deep blue sea.'
At four years old I heard the truth on my radio, So now I keep a moment's silence for my Silent Key.
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