Can you tell me how old Dan might have done it   If he'd been here now, holy cow   My stars might have been read on the planet Mars   Because I don't have foresight to see   If we still be together in the twenty first   In the twenty first century      He's our flying ace, pilot of the future   In an endless space, holy cow   My eyes never saw a rocket that was quite that size   Because I don't have the energy   To be cat and mouse for the champions   For the champions of destiny      So long captain Dan   I fail to see what motivates your hands   Goodbye restless night   You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight   So long, so long      Dan Dare doesn't know it   He doesn't know it   He doesn't know it   But I liked the Meko