She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine am 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 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till 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 burning out his fuse up here alone 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 you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job, five days a week Rocket man, I'm a rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till 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 A rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone Burning out his fuse up here alone Burning out his fuse up here alone I'm a rocket man, I'm a rocket man I'm a rocket man