God Lives on Terra by Julia Ecklar I was born in Inverness on the second day of spring, But my soul yearned to sail the stars, my heart did long to sing. So when I made my sixteenth year I signed my life away And flew out from this world to which with joy I come today. Now somewhere in Eighth Sector there's a world called Hellendiv Where long ago the spacefolk did decide the gods did live. And, aye, that world is heavenly, but Heaven it not be, For my God made my heart and made the land most dear to me. For God lives on Terra, In her lands of evergreen. Her silken skies over velvet vales The most lovely I have seen. And when I watch a sunset Fade from red to royal blue, I know God lives on Terra. She's His own dream come true. I've seen the sun on Rakkis, and I've felt her golden sands, On Wrigley's I once won a bet, and I've held a queen's fair hand, And I've made love in the summer snows of a Rigel mountain cap, And seen the Universe unfold on Pern from dragonback. Yes, I've seen this whole grand galaxy, and I thank the Lord for that. I thank God for the chance to go, and the chance to now come back. And I thank the Lord that I was born in the cradle of mankind. I love the God who made this world whose beauty outlives time. For God lives on Terra, In the hearts and souls of man. Why search the stars for lost Eden's shores When He made her right at hand? The beauties of her blueness Always moves my heart to tears, For God so loved Terra That He chose to live right here. Yes, God lives on Terra. He lives and loves right here.