[Intro]
      
      
      
      
         


[Verse 1]

  Do you remem

ber a guy that

's been

In such an ear

ly song

I've heard a r

umour from Gro

und Control

Oh no, don't s

ay it's true

They got a mes

sage from the 

Action Man
           
I'm happy, hop

              
e you're happy

 
 too
              
I've loved and

             
 I've needed l

ove
          
Sordid details

 following

The shrieking 

of nothing is 

killing me
    
Just pictures 

of Jap girls i

n synthesis an

d I
             
Ain't got no m

              
oney and I ain

          
't got no hair
             
But I'm hoping

              
 to kick but t

             
he planet is g

     
lowing___


[Chorus]
             
Ashes to ashes

  
, funk to funk

y
             
We know Major 

 
Tom's a junkie
             
Strung out in 

         
heaven's high
            
Hitting an all

          
-time low


[Instrumental]
      
      
      
         


[Verse 2]

Time and again

 I tell myself

I'll stay clea

n tonight
             
But the little

              
 green wheels 

              
are following 


me___

Oh no, not aga

in

I'm stuck with

 a valuable fr

iend
           
I'm happy, hop

              
e you're happy

  
 too
              
One flash of l

             
ight  but no s

            
moking pistol

I've never don

e good things

I've never don

e bad things
             
I never did an

              
ything out of 

     
the blue, woh-

oh-oh

Want an axe to

 break the ice
             
Wanna come dow

        
n right now


[Chorus]
             
Ashes to ashes

  
, funk to funk

y
             
We know Major 

 
Tom's a junkie
             
Strung out in 

         
heaven's high
            
Hitting an all

                
-time low


[Bridge]
            
My mother said

    
 to get things

 done
             
You'd better n

             
ot mess with M


ajor Tom
            
My mother said

    
 to get things

 done
            
You'd better n

             
ot mess with M


ajor Tom

             
My mother said

    
 to get things

 done
            
You'd better n

             
ot mess with M

ajor Tom
            
My mother said

    
 to get things

 done
             
You'd better n

             
ot mess with M


ajor Tom


[Outro]
         
(fade out)