Space Oddity

Space odditydavid bowiewords and music by david bowieground control to major tomground control to major tomtake your protein pills and put your helmet onground control to major tomcommencing countdown, engines oncheck ignition and may god's love be with you(spoken)ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, liftoffthis is ground control to major tomyou've really made the gradeand the papers want to know whose shirts you wearnow 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 tomyour circuit's dead, there's something wrongcan 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."