Laika - Week Two - Day Three

Todays song is pretty stripped down. More warts than usual. Getting ready to go to open mic and still need to eat dinner. This is a first take after taking far too long with the lyrics ( which, as with all these songs, are subject to change).
Enjoy.

Laika

Who would have thought
They could send you so far away
The satellite ride through the sky
Was only one way

Who would have thought
You could lead the great race
Whirling above all the clouds
In a tin cage

That you would obey
The cold war commands
On that November day
Lonely in space
It’s a long way home
A long way home

Found you a stray
Just to send you so very far
With no hope of making it back
Once amongst the stars

Who would have known
When you circled the biggest stone
Left to your own
There was turning home

They took you away
From the cold streets of Moscow
And led you astray
Lost out in space
it’s a long way home
a long way home

That you would obey
The cold war commands
On that November day
Lonely in space
It’s a long way home
A long way home

RW