[Verse 1]
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour 9 a.m.​​
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

[Chorus]
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burnin' out his fuse up here alone

[Verse 2]
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 ya did
And all the science, I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man
A rocket man

[Chorus]
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burnin' out his fuse up here alone
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burnin' out his fuse up here alone
[Outro]
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
And I think it's gonna be a long long time