[Verse 1]
           
She packed my 

              
bags last nigh

          
t - pre-flight
           
Zero hour, nin

   
e A.M.
             
And I'm gonna 

             
be high as a k

      
ite by then
           
I miss the ear

             
th so much, I 

         
miss my wife
           
It's lonely ou

       
t in space
            
On such a time

            
less flight as

     
 this


[Chorus]
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

           
long long time
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

       
nd to find
              
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

        
 am at home
             
Oh no, no,no, 

        
I'm a rocket m

an
             
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

             
fuse up here a

      
lone         (

2x)


[Verse 2]
            
Mars ain't the

              
 kinda place t

    
o raise your k

ids
            
In fact it's c

        
old as hell
             
And there's no

             
 one there to 

            
raise them if 

        
you did

            
And all this s

              
cience, I don'

     
t understand
            
It's just my j

              
ob five days a

 
 week
          
Rocket man    

        
rocket man


[Chorus]
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

           
long long time
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

        
nd to find
              
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

         
 am at home
             
Oh no, no, no,

           
 I'm a rocket 

man
             
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

             
fuse up here a

  
lone        (2

x)



[Outro]
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

     
long long time
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

     
long long time