Space Oddity

by David Bowie

Ground control to Major Tom
Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmets on

Ten, nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four, three,
two, one, lift-off

Ground control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

This is ground control to Major Tom
You 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

Though I'm past 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 circuits 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