Astronaut

Album: Songs for a Nervous Planet (2024)
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  • I wanna be
    The best that I can
    Wanna show everyone
    I'm a serious man
    I don't belong here
    I got one eye on a different world
    And if I get stuck there
    Well, I won't care, yeah, yeah

    I wanna be the last man alive
    Floating past Jupiter
    Just a flame in the sky
    I don't belong here
    I got one eye on a different world
    And if I go wrong, yeah
    Won't be long, yeah, no, no

    It's gravity, but it won't bring me down

    I wanna be an astronaut
    Fly on a missile Castro bought
    Travel at the speed of thought
    It's all I wanna do (it's all I wanna do)
    I wanna be an astronaut (I wanna be)
    Fly on a missile Castro bought
    Travel at the speed of thought
    It's all I wanna do

    And if I go wrong there
    Won't be long there, no, no

    It's gravity, but it won't bring me down

    I wanna be an astronaut
    Fly on a missile Castro bought (yeah)
    Travel at the speed of thought
    It's all I wanna do (it's all I wanna do)
    I wanna be an astronaut (I wanna be)
    Fly on a missile Castro bought
    Travel at the speed of thought
    It's all I wanna do
    I wanna be an astronaut (I wanna be)
    Fly on a missile Castro bought
    Travel at the speed of thought
    It's all I wanna do
    I wanna be an astronaut (I wanna be)
    Fly on a missile Castro bought (yeah)
    Travel at the speed of thought
    It's all I wanna do

    All I wanna do
    All I wanna do
    All I wanna do Writer/s: Charlton Pettus, Roland Orzabal
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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