The Pilots Eyes

D Am C D D Am He couldn't see the moons, the suns C D He couldn't see the stars D Am He couldn't see the docking lights C D So he hangs around the bars C Em Though in the life he left behind Am D He lived beyond the sky D Am He's grounded, useless, hopeless C D For a blind man cannot fly D Am Now the man who flies a starship drive C D Is a god to other men D Am No flaws has he that they perceive C D No faults that they may ken C Em But should his body fail him Am D Or his senses let him down D Am They all ignore his time at war; C D Alone he stalks the town D Am So the blind man sits and dreams of ships C D In the foam of another beer D Am A pilot sneers; the blind man hears C D And he sheds a ductless tear C Em For once he was a soldier Am D In a war to save his race D Am 'Til laser knives wiped out his eyes C D And left him half a face D Am Well the star fleet's free with liberty C D Except in times of war D Am So comes the day the blind man's bay C D Rings loud with space no more C Em The fleet is called, the ships lift out Am D The battle cry is blown D Am Left behind to drink his wine C D The blind man sits alone D Am Well then, suddenly close fire breaks free C D Among the spaceport bars D Am Enemy signs behind the lines C D Destroying home fleet stars C Em The blind man leaps to safety Am D As the laser heat burns through D Am He alone may save his home; C D He knows what he must do D Am Through the sounds of war that blast him o'er C D His memory is true D Am He finds a ship- a shuttle slip C D abandoned by its crew C Em He waits until the scanners sound Am D That battle is above D Am With a prayer to gods of air C D He gives the jets a shove D Am They said it was a stroke of luck C D That shuttle's engines blew D Am They said it was the hand of god C D That aimed it straight and true C Em They said it was the fates of war Am D That saved their world that day D Am That downed the rebel leader C D And so chased his force away D Am Well they never found the blind man C D In the rubble of the bar D Am They made a cave, an empty grave C D For a soldier of the stars C Em They then forgot the blind man Am D But I won't forget that night D Am I was a child alone who saw C D My father's final flight D Am He couldn't see the moons, the suns C D He couldn't see the stars D Am He couldn't see the docking lights C D So he hangs around the bars C Em Though in the life he left behind Am D He lived beyond the sky D Am He's grounded, useless, hopeless C D For a blind man cannot fly C D No, a blind man . . . cannot fly