Our thanks to Lelja who inspired us to write a tribute song to remember the courage of Laika. Laika's story can be read at the Rainbows Bridge Memorial site. http://www.rainbowsbridge.com/residents/LAIKA001/Resident.htm There are things that are known and things that are unknown; in between is exploration. Someone has to pay the final price for achieving the goal. Not that she ever wanted to, nobody asked her. She was the chosen one. She walked the streets of Moscow in beauty, with dignity, though homeless. Her ancestry was not known for certain except that she was born somewhere in that country. Her destiny was determined by the greed of mankind. And she was just an innocent dog. They called her Laika.

It's been so long, and I remember Being small and being used It felt so wrong, oh I remember How it felt, to be confused You put your hands upon my body You made me wait so many times Too many pains in one small body My life was yours, my life and time And it feels like I gave everything to you You don't have a care And it feels like nothing can stop what you do No you don't have a care for your crime What did you do with all the knowledge? What did you do when I was gone? What made it right, my death was knowledge? Just a dog, your sacrifice Now I'm a name, now I'm a hero Now I'm written, just a word But I'm ashamed to be your hero Goodbye cruel, cruel world And it feels like I gave everything to you You don't have a care And it feels like nothing can stop what you do No you don't have a care And it feels like I gave everything to you And you don't have a care Adn it feels like nothing can stop what you do No you don't have a care for your crimes Floating in the sky So you can wonder why I was once alive Floating in the sky And it feels like I gave everything to you And you don't have a care And it feels like nothing can stop what you do And you don't have a care And it feels like everything comes back to you I burned in the air And it feels like life belongs only to you And you don't have a care for your crime And it feels like I gave everything to you And you don't have a care And it feels like nothing can stop what you do And you don't have a care And it feels like everything comes back to you When I burned in the air And it feels like life belongs only to you No you don't have a care Cos it feels like I gave everything to you And you don't have a care And it feels like nothing can stop what you do No you don't have a care And it feels like everything comes back to you And I burned in the air And it feels like life belongs only to you And you don't wanna care And you don't wanna care For me, for me... © Maria Daines/Paul Killington All Rights Reserved (mcps) ASCAP 10th April 2009