25th Century Grit

Intro

Five... four... three... two... one

Oooo-eee-ooo-eee-ooo

Verse 1

Back in 1928 a writer cooked it up

A war vet in a mine got his luck drunk up

Radioactive gas put him under for good

Nearly five hundred years in a sleeping hood

Woke in 2419 on a January strip

First comic in the cosmos to trip its lid

Armageddon 2419 with the country torn

Under airlord hands the future was worn

Pre-Chorus

Jump-belt high and ray-gun low

The century changed but the grit don't slow

Chorus

Buck Rogers in the 25th century AD

Flyin' through time on a leap of faith for me

Buck Rogers comin' through the silver screen

Wilma by his side and the future lookin' mean

Verse 2

Wilma Deering on the page from day one

Rocket pilot with a blazing sun

Tougher than steel with a borrowed grin

She'll take the sky then bring it back again

Dr. Huer with the snow-white flair

Builds disintegrators out of thin air

Black Barney the Martian space rover

Used to steal the stars now he guards her

Pre-Chorus

Rocket pack glove and the belt on tight

Darkness below but we ride the light

Chorus

Buck Rogers in the 25th century AD

Flyin' through time on a leap of faith for me

Buck Rogers comin' through the silver screen

Wilma by his side and the future lookin' mean

Bridge

Oh the villain wears a mustache thin

With a Draconian queen on his arm to win

From the under-city to the asteroid sea

He teaches old grit to the new century

Chorus

Buck Rogers five hundred years late

But a hero's never early never hesitates

Buck Rogers spinnin' on the page again

Every late show hums the same refrain

Outro

Oooo-eee-ooo

Count to 2419 and hold the line

Buck saved tomorrow on the last headline

And he's still out there through it all

Ba-da-da... Buck