Laika-Wil Wagner

[ti:Laika] [ar:Wil Wagner] [al:Laika] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Laika - Wil Wagner [00:02.22]From here in my cage I see them make plans [00:08.49] [00:10.02]Hear them reassure investors shake presidents' hands [00:16.46] [00:17.50]The men with machines put tubes into me [00:23.97] [00:25.42]They measure my vital signs my flight trajectory [00:31.54] [00:32.81]They taught me to sit taught me to lie down [00:39.68] [00:41.12]Told me that a thousand years of wondering would end now [00:47.57] [00:48.26]They fed me my last meal was the same as my first [00:55.20] [00:56.66]From here in my cage I watch the men work [01:04.15] [01:12.12]And now it's a flurry of lab coats and hurry [01:18.88] [01:19.79]They talk about budgets and taxpayers' money [01:26.68] [01:27.44]And I wag my tail and I be a good girl [01:33.54] [01:34.13]They forgot to walk me this morning they were too busy changing the world [01:41.81] [01:42.63]And I'm out from my cage and I'm trying to be brave [01:49.52] [01:50.08]But the men they are sweating and now they're injecting [01:57.60] [01:58.25]And as I awake [02:00.55] [02:02.06]I'm shocked and amazed [02:04.98] [02:08.02]At the sheer crushing empty [02:10.69] [02:13.74]And I look down on men's little earth sitting there quietly wondering what it's worth [02:27.77] [02:28.85]And I drift away but that's okay there's more room to play out here [02:40.00] [02:40.96]Than back in my cage [02:42.71] [02:48.02]And I know I will die but that is fine [02:55.17] [02:56.31]Cause in some way I am helping mankind [03:03.23] [03:03.98]And I don't understand cause I'm not as smart as them [03:10.63] [03:11.42]But even a parachute would have shown that they cared [03:18.27] [03:18.89]And so I float on space's only dog [03:26.39] [03:26.94]Friend to the stars pet of the sun [03:33.35] [03:34.01]From my little ship I dream of my bone [03:41.13] [03:41.88]A walk in the park something comfy to sleep on [03:47.50] [03:49.06]And they call me laika but I'd just like to say [03:55.61] [03:56.66]That I was born little curly and I'll die with that name [04:03.22] [04:04.26]And they call me Laika but I'd just like to say [04:09.98] [04:11.65]That I was born Little Curly and I'll die with that name