93 Million Miles Away

[Soprano, Alto, Tenor/Bass]]

from "Powers of Ten"
Exuberantly  = 156 by David Haines 1999
(originally from "Granny Galactica")

Sop
   4
4
               
4
Ten, twen - ty, thir - ty, for- ty, fif - ty six- ty, se - ven - ty, eigh -

Alto   4
4
4
               
Ten, twen - ty, thir - ty, for- ty, fif - ty six- ty, se - ven - ty, eigh -

T/B
 
  4
4
4
               
Ten, twen - ty, thir - ty, for- ty, fif - ty six- ty, se- ven - ty, eigh -
  8
        
Sop        
ty and a nine - ty Nine - ty three mil - li - on miles a - way


           
Alto
      Nine - ty three mil - li - on miles a - way

       
ty and a nine - ty

T/B

   
      
ty and a nine - ty Nine - ty - three mil - li - on miles a - way
 
11

Sop                
That's how far the sun's a - way that gives us light and warms the day

  
3
Alto      
That's how far the sun's a ~ ~ way

T/B
 
    
That's how far the
 
Sop                         
13

Nine-ty three mil-li - on miles or so, that ain't a long way ~ for the light to go

Alto                          
Nine-ty three mil-li - on miles or so, that ain't a long way ~ for the light to go

                   
T/B
 sun's
 a - way thatain't a long way for the light to go

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17
              
Sop
Rid - ing on a light beam if we could it would-n't take us ve-ry long

Alto                  
Ri - ding on a light beam if we could it would-n't take us so

T/B
             
  Rid - ing

    
on a light beam would

    
- n't take us

Sop  20

Ri - ding on a light beam we'd be there by the

Alto                    
ve-ry long Ri - ding on a light ~ beam ~ we'd be there by the

                
T/B

  long and rid - ing Ri - ding on a light beam we'd
Rallentando..............................
be there by the

 
23 A tempo
Sop            
time we'd fin - ished sing - ing this song if we took it slow - ly...

Alto                
time we'd fin - ished sing - ing this song if we took it slow - ly...

               
T/B

 time we'd fin - ished sing - ing this song if we took it slow - ly...

Sop      
26
          
Nine-ty - three mil- li - on miles a - way That's how far the sun's a - way that

Alto                

Nine-ty

     
three mil- li - on miles
   
a - way That's how far the

T/B
       
  Nine-ty - three
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mil- li - on miles a - way

   
That's how far the sun's

Sop          
gives us light and warms the day Nine - ty three mil - li - on


   
3
Alto

sun's a ~ ~ way
      Nine - ty three mil - li - on

T/B  
            
a - way that gives us light and warms the day
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                    
31
Sop
miles or so, that ain't a long way ~ for the light to go

Alto                   
miles

    or so,
     that ain't a long way ~

     
for the light to go

T/B
 
 Nine - ty
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three mil - li - on miles ain't far

 
for light to go

Sop                
If the sun went out we'd not last long, we could-n't live with - out its glow

Alto             
    
If the sun went out we'd not last long we could-n't live with - out

                  
 
T/B

  If the
37
sun went out

     
we'd not last long, we could-n't

       
live with - out its glow

Sop  
but that is- n't ve- ry like-ly 'cause the sun's quite young,it's got a

Alto                    
its warm glow Is-n't ve- ry like-ly 'cause the sun's quite young,it's got an -

                 
T/B

  40
but that is- n't ve- ry like-ly 'cause the sun's quite

      
young,it's got a

Sop           
oth-er six bil - li - on years or so to go... Nine- ty - three mil- li - on

Alto                 
    
oth-er six bil - li - on years or so to go

        
Nine- ty three mil- li - on

           
T/B

  oth-er six bil - li - on years or so to go... Nine- ty - three mil- li - on

       
44
Sop      
miles a - way That's how far the sun's a - way that

Alto           
miles
  a - way That's how far the

T/B
 
miles a - way
   
That's
 
how far
 
the

sun's
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    
Sop
gives us light and warms the day
  Nine - ty three mil - li - on

  
3
Alto         
sun's a ~ ~ way Nine - ty three mil - li - on

T/B
            
   a - way that gives us light and warms the day

          
48
Sop
miles or so, thatain't a long
 
way ~
           
for the light to go Is it waves? Is it par-ti - cles? No -

Alto                         
miles

        
or so, thatain't a long way ~

               
for the light to go Is it waves? Is it par-ti - cles? No

T/B
  
  Nine-ty three mil- li - on miles ain't far for the light to go Is it waves? Is it par-ti - cles? No -

Sop          
52
           
bo-dy quite knows, it's the ul-ti - mate speed li- mit an-y - thingcan go, at a mil-li - on miles ev'-ry

Alto                       

bo-dy
       
quite knows, it's the

           
ul-ti - mate speed li- mit an-y - thingcan go, at a mil-li - on miles ev'-ry

  
T/B
   bo-dy quite knows, it's the ul-ti - mate speed li- mit an-y - thingcan go, at a mil-li - on miles ev'-ry

 
Sop         
56
              go to go to go,
five se - conds, no, it ain't a long way ~ for the light to

Alto                        

five
 se - conds,
    
no, it ain't a long

            
way ~ for the light to go to go to go,

T/B
  
  five se - conds, no, it ain't a long way for the light to Nine - ty - three mil - li - on

Sop          
60

go to go to go go
            
to go to go go to go to go go

Alto                      

go

  
to


go

     to go, go to go to
            go, go to go to go go

T/B
  
miles - to nine - ty - three mil - li - on miles - to go to go to go go
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