Camelback - The Second Shell by Jack Williamson

Idoru Toei's musical version of "The Second Shell" by Jack Williamson, featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 4Q2024" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-3
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental, echoing piano chords]

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[Verse 1]
Two a.m., September '39, another night at the Times.

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A year of wars and mysteries, chasing shadows through these lines.

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Just heading out when the editor called, a stranger in the gloom,

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Bronze skin, steady eyes, a smile that banished all the room.

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[Chorus]
Adventure calls, a whispered plea, across the desert night.

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A partner sought, for what will be, bathed in pale moonlight.

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El Tigre waits, a hidden mine, secrets buried deep,

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And something stirs, a chilling sign, promises to keep.

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[Verse 2]
Robert Barrett? I’m Bill Johnson, Secret Service, you see.

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Thirty years in Mexico, Uncle Sam relies on me.

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A case like this, or worse, it seems, needs someone brave and bold.

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Are you game for a little adventure? A story to be told?

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[Chorus]
Adventure calls, a whispered plea, across the desert night.

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A partner sought, for what will be, bathed in pale moonlight.

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El Tigre waits, a hidden mine, secrets buried deep,

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And something stirs, a chilling sign, promises to keep.

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[Bridge]
Vernon’s daughter, Ellen bright, a memory so clear…

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A scientist gone mad for light, consumed by doubt and fear.

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Radio whispers in the air, strange chirps I can't define...

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Something alien beyond compare, crossing the boundary line.

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[Verse 3]
Red planes flying overhead, hauling cargo to the coast.

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Jap tramp steamers, secrets spread, a dangerous host.

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The mountain watches, cold and stark, Mocolynatal’s gaze…

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A shadow falls, a burning mark, in these uncertain days.

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[Chorus]
Adventure calls, a whispered plea, across the desert night.

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A partner sought, for what will be, bathed in pale moonlight.

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El Tigre waits, a hidden mine, secrets buried deep,

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And something stirs, a chilling sign, promises to keep.

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[Outro]
The world is changing… faster than we know…

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Something’s rising… somewhere below…