One by one they disappeared  The minds of science, the nation's leaders  To meet again at destination  Sweating in their seats, anticipation  On the salt flats of Nevada  All those who mattered waited for the word  Oh oh Pilot, woah oh pilot  This paradise is lost forever  Oh oh Pilot, woah oh Pilot  We place our trust in the flyer  To deliver us from the fire  We have made  Thru the porthole panic stricken  Humanity had been forsaken  The door secured, the cry was distant  But the scratching fingers grew persistent  On the salt flats of Nevada  All those who mattered waited for the word  Oh oh Pilot, woah oh pilot  This paradise is lost forever  Oh oh Pilot, woah oh Pilot  We place our trust in the flyer  To deliver us from the fire  We have made  Pilot, woah oh pilot  We place our trust in the flyer  To deliver us from the fire  We have made