Queen:'39

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This song is performed by Queen and appears on the album A Night At The Opera (1975) and on the live album Live Killers (1979).Queen:'39

'39
was the Song of the Day on

March 10, 2007

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'39

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In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers
In the days when the lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen.

And the night followed day
And the story tellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darlin' we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

For my life
Still ahead
Pity Me.

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[edit] Song Info

Although '39 has an old-timey feel to it, the song is actually a science fiction story about a group of twenty space explorers who return to earth 100 years in the future, although they have only aged a year, due to time dilation. It was written by Brian May, who has studied astrophysics. For the complete story, see the Wikipedia article.