I made a paper plane And threw it into space It seemed to float forever No telling where it went Snatched by a sudden breeze It sails the wide, blue yonder I know my aeroplane Fell back to earth again But I pretend It never One moonless, summer night We'll lie back counting stars Like diamonds on black velvet We'll see the satellites Fly past the southern cross And laugh as they observe us Somewhere a river flows And whispers in the dark A story near-eternal It speaks of mountain rain Valleys and open plain And hungers for The ocean I don't wanna die Tonight, the setting sun Blood-stained this ragged day And left our hopes in tatters But then the twilight came And covered up our shame Without a trace of pity Always the stars look down The heavens never care They only watch, unblinking I don't wanna die I made a paper plane And threw it into space