verse 1: She packed my bags last nigh, pre-flight Zero hour, nine A.M. And I'm gonna be hi..i..i..gh, as a kite by then I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a t..i..i..meless flight And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone verse 2: Mars ain't the kinda 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 this science, I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A Rocket m..a..a..a..n rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone Outro: (fade out) 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