Luna twilight, dying day Shadows linger on as sunlight slowly fades Darkness deepens as night is drawn And it's so very long until another dawn A lunar miner stirs in his converted canister Rubs his eyes and glances at the time Another day, another shift - Tons of rock to dig and lift - Moving 'dozers through the shallow lunar mines Clocks are just for keeping schedules defined The rugged miners claim A man can go insane Seven days of sunshine and seven more to go And midnight madness mars the beauty of the stars Darkness is forever, Luna turns so very slow Then a hundred pairs of eyes Are drawn to the skies Scanning the horizon, anticipating Earthrise Eighteen months a tour, lunar miners must endure Many hardships, and the work is never done Mine a million tons of ore Every year, to tame the power of the sun Their spirit kept alive With hope of the future and a dream of Island One Luna sunrise, darkness wanes Cold and gray, dawn crawls across the plain Blinding glare glistens on the crater rim And it's so very long until the sun goes down again And it's so very long until the sun goes down again And it's so very long Until the sun goes down