He has to pinch my arm To make sure that I'm awake The engine's on And it feels like a distant earthquake I don't believe my eyes The planets are passing by I hear, she's talking to me Thunder and lights in her eyes She's the space commander Staring at our ship Right across the universe It's hard to get a grip She's the space commander And I can't get my feet under the ground We descend in a magic world Under the purple skies The engine's off I'm falling free as a bird Walking on a diamond beach Light as a butterfly Somehow she's waving at me I guess that I need what she does She's the space commander Staring at our ship Right across the universe It's hard to get a grip She's the space commander And I can't get my feet under the ground Every time we fight I disappear into the comfort of a dream Gotta find a way to make it easy every day Just wanna keep this love affair alive She's the space commander Right across the universe She's the space commander And I can't get my feet under the ground She's the space commander Staring at our ship Right across the universe It's hard to get a grip She's the space commander And I can't get my feet under the ground She's the space commander Right across the universe She's the space commander Right across the universe She's the space commander Right across the universe