She packed my bag last night, pre-flight Zero hour, nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I'll miss the Earth so much, I'll 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 'Til touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home No, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home No, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone 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 this science, I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man, rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home No, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home No, I'm a rocket man Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone It's gonna be a long, long time It's gonna be a long, long time It's gonna be a long, long time It's gonna be a long, long time It's gonna be a long, long time It's gonna be a long, long time It's gonna be a long, long time It's gonna be a long, long time