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