Space Oddity

Natalie Merchant

Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills 
And put your helmet on

Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition 
And may God's love be with you

(spoken)
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, 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 a 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

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still 
And I think my spaceship 
Knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her 
Very much she knows"

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."