Skylon

[Verse]

After the fire

After the storm

Post-war London

Six years on

At the side of the Thames:

Skylon...

Broken walls

An end to all good things

Open skies

Seen through roofless houses

But down by the Thames

Three-hundred feet above the river

Soaring higher than church spires:

Skylon...

Rising up before me;

Floating in midair

I lost myself in wonder

It was something from Dan Dare

A vision of the future

A beacon in the night sky

A promise of much better days

A new Jerusalem

[Chorus]

Looking up at Skylon

Lost in a dream of impossible things

A brave new world to come

Underneath the Skylon

Colours in a grey world

A pick-me-up for the nation

The work of giants

Here in London Town...

[Verse]

Bells fall silent

Thrown to the ground

Books are burning

Fired at low tide

But down by the Thames

Mighty marvels will arise

Science lighting up the dark nights:

Skylon...

A vision of the future

Rising at the water's edge

The turning wheels of industry

Invention and makers of wonder

We'll be the new Elizabethans

Explorers of distant land

Make ourselves a better place

A new Jerusalem

[Chorus]

Looking up at Skylon

Lost in a dream of impossible things

A brave new world to come

Underneath the Skylon

Colours in a grey world

A pick-me-up for the nation

The work of giants

Here in London Town...