Tom Beales - Rocket Ship Lyrics

I'm popping off in a rocket ship
To a planet far away
I'm not quite sure of the travel time
But it should take a few hundred days

Being on my own never bothered me
Too many people get me down
I'm setting off in a rocket ship
I can't wait to get off the ground

Minor Tom to ground control
Please don't let me drift off course
I don't particularly want to die
While closer to our life source

My endeavour to be clever failed
My desire for strength left me frail
I know of no valid reason not
To let my space ship sail

Things are clearer out here
Far from the ones I hold near
My priorities realigned
And now I live without fear

Perspective came at a cost
A little piece of me's lost
I begin to long for the atmosphere
From which I was roughly tossed