The act of moving onward Means we pass these signposts One of them was first leaving Earth. The next one is hanging out on the Moon. What's next? The Planets Onward to the Edge We're moving Onward to the Edge Here we are together This fragile little world (This fragile little world) Onward to the Edge We're moving Onward to the Edge Here we are together This fragile little world This is our Sun Just another star In the sea of stars The heart of the Solar system Just another star In the sea of stars Mercury is the closest planet This tortured piece of rock Has been stripped naked The Moon has a sky It has a horizon It's another World It's got Earth in the sky Just the way we have the Moon in the sky Onward to the Edge We're moving Onward to the Edge Here we are together This fragile little world We're not the only world to think about Worlds unnumbered We're not the only world to think about Think about Worlds unnumbered There is a powerfull recognition That stirs within us When we see Our own little blue ocean planet In the skies of other worlds A powerfull recognition That stirs within us When we see Our own little blue ocean planet In the skies of other worlds The Saturn system Offers splendor beyond compare Becouse of it's rings And very diverse moons These are no longer Abstractions These are Worlds Maybe there's life there They've changed How we think about Earth Our own little blue ocean planet A mote of dust Suspended in a sunbeam The pale blue dot Onward to the Edge We're moving Onward to the Edge Here we are together This fragile little world (This fragile little world) Onward to the Edge We're moving Onward to the Edge Here we are together This fragile little world We're not the only world to think about Worlds unnumbered We're not the only world to think about Think about Worlds unnumbered The laws of nature Create Vastly different Worlds With the tiniest changes (With the tiniest changes) When I reach, for the egde of the Universe I do so knowing That along some paths of cosmic discovery There are times when, at least for now One must be content, to love the questions themselves