Oh say can you see spacecraft exploding in the air By the early morning light seven families in despair Watching their sons and daughters burning in the sky Remnants plunge into the water but they already died
What so proudly we hail we thought they had all the brains But in front of all the world we've been put to shame In the sky no one left alive The fault is yours and you can't deny their good luck passed them by
Whose broad stripes and bright stars led a perilous flight That ended in disaster panic and frustration You need another seven spacemen willing to take a chance And dumb enough to trust you when you say all systems go
Rockets red glare bursting in air we thought they had all the brains But N.A.S.A. proved otherwise that day in the sky No one left alive died in the sky The fault is yours and you can't deny their good luck passed them by
You know exactly why they're all dead They couldn't survive. The fault was yours and you know just why They're all dead Now you got another seven astronauts dead Their good luck had passed 'em by now they're dead Another seven astronauts dead