![Leslie Fish & the Dehorn Crew - Bella Ciao [HQ] @SongsfromtheStars](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nw5dJyVwGJs/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It's Sister Jenny's Turn to Throw the Bomb track 05. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: archive.org/details/filk_its_sister_jennys_turn_to_throw_the_bomb
Find more of Leslie Fish's music at: lesliefish.bandcamp.com
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Lyrics:
Late this morning I heard the rifles
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Late this morning I heard the rifles
And it is time for me to go
The fairest flower in all the mountains
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The fairest flower in all the mountains
Is the black rose that sets us free
We will join her and fight together
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
We will join her and fight together
Or we will surely die alone
The winter's coming, the snows are on us
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The winter's coming, the snows are on us
Now we must build fires of our own
The hungry servants have stopped complaining
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The hungry servants have stopped complaining
And all the masters wonder why
Inside his castle the king is sleeping
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Inside his castle the king is sleeping
Let us be sure he sleeps too long
A tattered banner as black as midnight
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
A tattered banner as black as midnight
Can tell you where my love has gone
Late this morning I heard the rifles
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Late this morning I heard the rifles
And it is time for me to go
It's Sister Jenny's Turn to Throw the Bomb track 05. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: archive.org/details/filk_its_sister_jennys_turn_to_throw_the_bomb
Find more of Leslie Fish's music at: lesliefish.bandcamp.com
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Lyrics:
Late this morning I heard the rifles
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Late this morning I heard the rifles
And it is time for me to go
The fairest flower in all the mountains
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The fairest flower in all the mountains
Is the black rose that sets us free
We will join her and fight together
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
We will join her and fight together
Or we will surely die alone
The winter's coming, the snows are on us
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The winter's coming, the snows are on us
Now we must build fires of our own
The hungry servants have stopped complaining
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The hungry servants have stopped complaining
And all the masters wonder why
Inside his castle the king is sleeping
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Inside his castle the king is sleeping
Let us be sure he sleeps too long
A tattered banner as black as midnight
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
A tattered banner as black as midnight
Can tell you where my love has gone
Late this morning I heard the rifles
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Late this morning I heard the rifles
And it is time for me to go
![Leslie Fish & the Dehorn Crew - Bella Ciao [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nw5dJyVwGJs/mqdefault.jpg "Leslie Fish & the Dehorn Crew - Bella Ciao [HQ]
Its Sister Jennys Turn to Throw the Bomb track 05. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_its_sister_jennys_turn_to_throw_the_bomb
Find more of Leslie Fishs music at: https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/
Lyrics:
Late this morning I heard the rifles
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Late this morning I heard the rifles
And it is time for me to go
The fairest flower in all the mountains
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The fairest flower in all the mountains
Is the black rose that sets us free
We will join her and fight together
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
We will join her and fight together
Or we will surely die alone
The winters coming, the snows are on us
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The winters coming, the snows are on us
Now we must build fires of our own
The hungry servants have stopped complaining
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
The hungry servants have stopped complaining
And all the masters wonder why
Inside his castle the king is sleeping
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Inside his castle the king is sleeping
Let us be sure he sleeps too long
A tattered banner as black as midnight
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
A tattered banner as black as midnight
Can tell you where my love has gone
Late this morning I heard the rifles
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Late this morning I heard the rifles
And it is time for me to go")
![Technical Difficulties - Innocence Lost [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oZUA32DV3NQ/mqdefault.jpg "Technical Difficulties - Innocence Lost [HQ]
Please Stand By track 05. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_please_stand_by/
Lyrics:
Innocence lost, like the first winds of summer.
Manhood outrunning me soon.
Daydreams all dead and night truths to replace them;
I chase them and hear their dark tunes.
Theres nowhere to run and no youth to use running,
Nothing but fear spurs me on.
My past is behind and somehow I cant see it,
Like the words of a forgotten song.
A song, in the midst of the summer
With birds singing love everywhere.
A boy, with his heart overflowing,
In his innocence having no care.
But the music fades fast; faster still when Im trying,
Though memories leave echoes behind.
Like the chords of that song, now lost in confusion,
My innocence lost back in time.
I cant find the peace that should come with the learning,
I cant find the meanings at all.
And the time wont come back, it just taunts from a distance,
I still hear old innocence call.
I hear, but cant answer the call.")
![Jordin Kare - Darkness [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oeNepoxUbgs/mqdefault.jpg "Jordin Kare - Darkness [HQ]
Fire in the Sky track 09. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_fire_in_the_sky
Lyrics:
Theres a darkness out between the stars that any eye can see
Theres a deeper dark within me where no light will ever be
Theres an empty place beside me where my lover ought to stand
Theres a burning sun before me and the throttles in my hand
Two days ago I lost her on a world without a name
As we touched the land to claim it, for the thousandth time the same
Then I left her but a moment and I did not see her fall
I know only that I failed her, never heard her final call
I dug her grave in alien ground in the shade of an alien wood
And I touched her there one final time, and I said what words I could
Let that cold world hold her gently, for she came so far to die
Then I took the ship that was our home and blasted for the sky
But deep space holds no comfort for a broken man alone
And our ship held only memories of the joys that we once had known
And I could not live without her in a life no longer whole
So I chose to die by starlight and let fire cleanse my soul
And now the screens grow blinding bright, the fires burn ahead
The hull around me whispers as it glows an angry red
Theres a high, cold wail behind me, as if starships too could cry
But my hand is cold and steady and the time has come to die
But now my love comes back to me cross gulfs Ill never know
And I hear her voice within me, and I hear her saying no
And I pull the throttle to me, and the forward thrusters burn
And the ship cries out in agony as she fights to make the turn
Then my vision starts to fail me as the forces mount and grow
And I wonder when the ship will fail, and I wonder if Ill know
Then the screens before me darken, and a coolness strikes my face
And theres nothing left before me but the endless depths of space
Theres a darkness out between the stars that any eye can see
But theres light within that darkness touches even a fool like me
For I know my love forgives me and I know she loves me still
Once we roamed the stars together; now I know we always will")
![Bill Sutton - Poet and a Starman [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p-EJX1mZz8E/mqdefault.jpg "Bill Sutton - Poet and a Starman [HQ]
Past Due track 11. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_past_due
Lyrics:
I am a poet and a starman
I drift the boundless void alone
I seek the brilliant clusters
I touch the alien stone
But the songs I sing are the songs of home
My long lost home
I race the universe and travel
Not fast enough to catch its light
I left my life behind me
In time and in my flight
The things I loved in endless night
While I shine bright
Ive seen their wonders and their treasures
Ive read their words and heard their songs
They speak their dreams so proudly
Their voices loud and strong
I sing alone when they have gone
Then I go on
I am a poet and a starman
I sing my way from sun to sun
I ask the brilliant clusters
Where distant planets run
Do I regret the things Ive done?
The songs Ive sung?")
![Julia Ecklar - Signy Mallory [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p7WzzKNGIto/mqdefault.jpg "Julia Ecklar - Signy Mallory [HQ]
Horse-Tamers Daughter track 10. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_horse-tamers_daughter
Find more of Julia Ecklars excellent music at: https://www.prometheus-music.com/
Lyrics:
(Chorus)
Captain Signy Mallory has no soul, they say;
The captain of the Norway has a heart of frozen clay.
That on the bridge of Norway, she throws mens lives like dice.
Captain Signy Mallory, her eyes are fire and ice.
Shes the captain of the Norway, a thorn in Unions side
Protector of Pell Station and a source of grudging pride.
Left the Mazianni with their price upon her head,
And stayed to guard the Stations that the Company left for dead.
They say she doesnt think about the lives that she has lost.
They say when Norway goes to fight, she doesnt count the cost
That once she finds a course she never reckons wrong or right—
Then why does she stare sleeplessly into the dark all night?
They say for Norways captain, disciplines an iron whip;
That its worth your life to break her rules, in dock or on the ship
That no one sane serves under her command, but if thats so,
Then why do her troops cheer her when she passes them below?
Shes the captain of the Norway, and a thorn in Unions side.
The Mazianni fear her; shes the heart of Norways pride.
And Stationer and Merchanter, from Fargone back to Pell,
Know for Mallory all Norway would fight demons out of Hell
(Chorus)")
![Technical Difficulties - Lullaby for a Weary World (slow version) [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p_vGVqKZmnc/mqdefault.jpg "Technical Difficulties - Lullaby for a Weary World (slow version) [HQ]
Please Stand By bonus track. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_please_stand_by/
Lyrics:
I wonder how my world can live with all the hate she harbors
(Sleep, my weary world.)
And Im scared of how long it may last,
And just how soon it all could end,
And I wish the power to stop it all
Could rest within my hands.
I see her people dying for such bold and bloody causes
(Sleep, my weary world.)
And the bodies of the innocent
Are washed up on the lengthening shore
While the rising tide of history
Just ebbs and flows again.
Chorus:
Oh, make me a cradle to rock my weary world,
Make me a gentle voice to soothe her when she weeps,
Make my arms strong enough to hold her when she wakes,
And make me a lullaby so sweet and fine
That I can sing my weary world to sleep.
I wish that I could smooth away her jagged scars of hatred
(Sleep, my weary world.)
And though my hands may bleed and burn,
Ill hold my broken world to me
Until her ugly scars have healed
And peace may reign again.
(Chorus)
And if her fighting will not stop, then Ill hold her that much closer
And sing my lullaby above the noise and pain of war.
And if her bleeding I cant staunch, Ill bleed along beside her,
But I will not let her go, no, Ill never let her go.
And when the stars have all burned out, Ill sing to her in darkness
(Sleep, my weary world.)
And pray a tender God may find me
Huddled in the dark and cold,
And grant the precious world I shelter
One more chance to live.
May God grant my precious world
Another chance to love.
(Chorus)")
![Bob Kanefsky/Leslie Fish - Filk of the Night-Mare [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pt9SIkqOBGE/mqdefault.jpg "Bob Kanefsky/Leslie Fish - Filk of the Night-Mare [HQ]
Tapeworm I track 7. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_tapeworm_1
Lyrics:
If I see her again,
I shall meet my doom
In the smoke-filled air
Of the chair-ringed room,
When the hour is late
And the seats are bare,
In the form of an upturned
Well-aimed chair.
For where there’s a tune, there are filks to spare,
And one of the filks is mine.
[second verse by Leslie Fish, not Bob Kanefsky]
Have you seen her again
When the night grows old,
When the songs turn ose
And the words grow bold?
When the booze runs free
And mundanes have fled,
When the fumes and smoke
Knock allergics dead,
Where the night hotel clerks all fear to tread
As if the floor were mined.
We will see her again
When the mikes shall cry,
When the lights fall down
As the notes run high.
She will strike a chord
On her old guitar
With its twelve strings bare
To the heaven’s stars.
She will sing all night till they close the bars,
And no one in sight will mind.")
![Aislinn (Anne Prather) - Memorial [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q913o4UqR_Y/mqdefault.jpg "Aislinn (Anne Prather) - Memorial [HQ]
High Wings track 10. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_high_wings
Lyrics:
Fly, heroes, and go with our love;
Carry our song to the bright stars above.
Tell of the pride of the whole human race,
In all those who fought for the conquest of space.
She was the one who could teach us to know
The pride and the joy of all those who go.
She taught the children of all of the earth
The wonder of star-flight, its pain and its worth.
Fly, Christy, and go with our love...
His was the hand that would guide the great ship
On her wonderful, marvelous, glorious trip.
His was the power and the pride in her course;
His great love for flight was his dearest resource.
Fly, Michael, and go with our love...
He led the mission, her job and her crew;
Each one of the fire-eagles habits he knew;
His was the hand that could keep them alive;
Given two seconds, they might have survived.
Fly, Francis, and go with our love...
Ellison, Gregory, Judy and Ron
We honor your courage, and now we go on;
Along the bright road that you helped us to build
Til someday our souls greatest dreams are fulfilled.
Fly, heroes, and go with our love...")
![Leslie Fish - Heart Like an Axle [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qhBDa8dVvo0/mqdefault.jpg "Leslie Fish - Heart Like an Axle [HQ]
Firestorm track 17. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_firestorm
Find more of Leslie Fishs music at: https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/
Lyrics:
Too damn many losses, scars across your hide
Friend and home and family gone by
Do the miles of wasteland really roll the pain behind
Or are you racing for a place to die?
Chorus:
Heart like an axle, bounded by your wheels
Rolling down the endless blacktop road
Stripping gears and losing with every mile that falls,
How long can you keep dragging that load?
Innocence and honesty before your eyes have died
Watch yourself turn crazy by degrees
All your skills wheel down to one last purpose in this world:
To turn against the same old enemies
(Chorus)
Honest hands hold out to you a promised home again
Why do you always turn around and run?
Is it fear to feel again the losing and the pain
Or shame of showing decent men the demon youve become?
Stand on the highway in the wreckage and the dust
Where nothing moves now but the wind and sun
How long the warrior, with no one you can trust?
How long before the race is run?
(Chorus)")
![Frank Hayes - Starship in High Gear [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r4S9liFgVf8/mqdefault.jpg "Frank Hayes - Starship in High Gear [HQ]
Dont Ask track 15. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_dont_ask/
Lyrics:
I am the dance on the edge of what never has been
I am remembered tomorrows that never were seen
I am the future borne up in the sound of the thunder
Loud-rushing leap to the sky as it spins
Silver cigar wearing Cadillac fins
Where the past stops and the future begins to wonder
Starship in high gear
Flashing lights and shrieking skies
Rockets zip and whiz
Aint no “was” no more
Aint no “will be,” not just yet,
All there is is “is”...
I am the zero-gee toilet, backed up to the ceiling
I am the face of a zero-gee hungover feeling
Im short of sleep cause my body wont stay in one place
Air vents that clink and computers that rattle
Water and food that smell awfully like cattle
Whatever happened to Klingons and battles in space?
Starship in high gear
Clanking pipes and weary eyes
Is that supposed to fizz?
Aint no “was” no more
Aint no “will be,” not just yet,
All there is is “is”...")
![Bob Kanefsky/Leslie Fish - Mundanes Waltz [HQ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rEZcAdYvmYI/mqdefault.jpg "Bob Kanefsky/Leslie Fish - Mundanes Waltz [HQ]
Tapeworm I track 6. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_tapeworm_1
Lyrics:
Come along Harry and Mary and Joe,
Check out your suits and get ready to go.
Fill up those trucks with today’s load of sands
To be shipped back to Earth when the space shuttle lands.
Chorus:
Twelve million, half billion, billion, and more,
Watching T.V. on the living room floor.
Barely aware that the day is at hand
When we dig our first mines in the rich lunar sand.
It’s those people we left back on Earth that get me.
While we’re living the dream, they sit watching TV.
Their metal supply now comes mostly from here,
And they put half of that into cans for their beer.
(Chorus)
Television ignores us; it seems there’s no place
For cov’rage of homesteads we’re building in space.
The reason for this lack of interest is clear:
The ones who would watch are all working up here.
(Chorus)
We’re geologists here, astrophysicists too,
And plain old hard workers like those in our crew,
With one thing in common: we yearn for the stars,
And we will not stop building until theyre all ours.
(Chorus)
Someday we’ll be living in pressurized domes
As warm and secure as Earth’s safe little homes.
But Earth folk won’t visit, because of their fear
That the T.V. reception is lousy up here.
(Chorus)
So come, let’s start building our homestead today,
Where a world of foot-draggers can’t stand in our way.
And when no dependence on Earth goods remains,
We can all say goodbye to those Earthbound mundanes.
(Chorus)")
