Ground control to Major Tom
Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
(Ten, nine, eight) Ground control to Major Tom
(Seven, six)
(Five) Commencing countdown, engines on
(Four, three)
(Two, one) Check ignition
And may God′s love be with you (liftoff)
This is ground control to Major Tom
You've 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
Didn′t know what time it was, the lights were low
I leaned back on my radio
Some cat was layin' down some rock ′n' roll 'lotta soul, he said
Then the loud sound did seem to fade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase
That weren′t no DJ that was hazy cosmic jive
There′s a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he′d blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He′s told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it′s all worthwhile, he told me
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie
lalalalalalalala lalaalalalalalala lalalalalalala
I had to phone someone so I picked on you
Hey, that's far out so you heard him too
Switch on the TV, we may pick him up on channel two
It′s a god-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling, "No"
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she′s lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh, man, look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh, man, wonder if he'll ever know
He′s in the best-selling show
Is there life on Mars?
Ground control to Major Tom, Your circuit′s 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...
