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Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long long time...

Ground Control To Major Tom

By David Bowie

Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom:

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to Major Tom: Commencing countdown engine's on

Check ignition and may God's love be with you

This is ground control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade!

And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear,

Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is Major Tom to ground control, I'm stepping through the door

And I'm floating in the most peculiar way 

And the stars look very different today

For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world

Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

BRIDGE

Though I'm passed one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still

And I think my spaceship knows which way to go, 

tell my wife I love her very much she knows

Ground control to Major Tom: 

Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong.

Can you hear me Major Tom? 

Can you hear me Major Tom? 

Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you ...

Here am I floating round my tin can, far above the moon

Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do