she packed my bags last night, preflight, yeah she did 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 gets so lonely out in space on such a timeless flight as this, yeah and i think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me around again to find i'm not the man i think i am at home, oh no no i'm a rocket man rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone and i think its gonna be a long long time mraz ain't the kinda guy to raise your kids, no in fact i'm cold as hell, yeah and i'm never there to raise them if we did it and all of this science i don't understand, no it's just my job five days a week now i'm a rocket man i'm a rocket man and i think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me around again to find i'm not the man they think i am at home, oh no no i'm a rocket man rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone, oh yeah and i think it's gonna be a long long time yes i think it's gonna be a long, long time yes i think it's gonna be long, long time for the rocket man