[Verse 1]

           
   She packed 

              
my bags last n

    
ight pre-fligh

t
           
   Zero hour n

          
ine a.m
             
  And I'm gonn

        
a be high     

         
       as a ki

         
te by then
           
   I miss the 

              
earth so much 

  
I miss my wife
           
   It's lonely

            
 out in space
            
  On such a ti

/         
-i-i-imeless f

            
light

[Chorus]

             
 And I think i

              
t's gonna be a

             
 long long tim

e
             
Till touch dow

              
n brings me ro

              
und again to f

  
ind
             
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

         
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no 

             
I'm a rocket m

   
an
             
Rocket man bur

              
ning out his f

             
use up here al

      
one
             
 And I think i

              
t's gonna be a

             
 long long tim

e
             
Till touch dow

              
n brings me ro

              
und again to f

  
ind
             
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

         
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no 

             
I'm a rocket m

   
an
             
Rocket man bur

              
ning out his f

             
use up here al

      
one

[Verse 2]

           
   Mars ain't 

              
the kind of pl

      
ace to raise y

our kids
           
   In fact it'

                 
s cold as hell
             
  And there's 

           
no one there t

          
o raise them  

             
    if you did
           
   And all thi

              
s science I do

      
n't understand
           
   It's just m

              
y job five day

      
s a week
        
A rocket ma-a-

     
a-an,       a 

            
rocket man

[Chorus]

             
  And I think 

              
it's gonna be 

              
a long long ti


me
             
Till touch dow

              
n brings me ro

              
und again to f

  
ind
             
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

         
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no 

             
I'm a rocket m

   
an
             
Rocket man bur

              
ning out his f

             
use up here al

      
one
             
  And I think 

              
it's gonna be 

              
a long long ti


me
             
Till touch dow

              
n brings me ro

              
und again to f

  
ind
             
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

         
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no 

             
I'm a rocket m

   
an
             
Rocket man bur

              
ning out his f

        
use up here al

one

[Outtro] 8x

             
    And I thin

              
k it's gonna b

     
e a long long 

time

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