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 touchdown brings me round again to find Another man, they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man, rocket man Burning out his fuse, I've never gone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me round again to find Another man, they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man, rocket man Burning out his fuse, I've never gone 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 the science I don't understand Is just my job five days a week A rocket man A rocket man A rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me round again to find Another man, they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man, rocket man Burning out his fuse, I've never gone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me round again to find Another man, they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no I'm a rocket man, rocket man Burning out his fuse, I've never gone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time