Astronaut Songtext
von Just Jack

Living in a bedsit close to the World′s End
Sitting in his wire fronts, sponging off his girlfriend Kerry
She says, "Life's right there, babe, should be getting on with it
Had a bit of talent, now you′ve all but squandered it, it's silly"

And his relatives all think that it's a shame (Ah, a shame)
And they′d say it was a mystery if his
Dad wasn′t exactly the same, the same

He's been a space cadet for years
Says one day he′ll be an astronaut

Floating in the hemisphere
And looking down on Hampton Court
But he's always late
And knows one day he′ll graduate
Then he'll be floating in the ozone
High above the empire, high above the Empire State, State, State
He′s really in a state, state, state
He's in a proper state, state, state
They've got him in a state, state, state


Sofa surfer, likes a little gamble
A few dodgy debts that he says he can handle, maybe
Never not brass, six days in, most nights
Jostling to pixellated princesses on websites, frantically

And his family all say that it′s a waste (Ah, a waste)
And they wash their mouths out with self-
Righteousness to hide the bitter taste, the taste

He′s been a space cadet for years
Says one day he'll be an astronaut
Floating in the hemisphere
And looking down on Hampton Court
But he′s always late
And knows one day he'll graduate
Then he′ll be floating in the ozone
High above the empire, high above the Empire

Kerry's love is cold and congealed
Like last night′s takeaway, she feels
She might have to do some kind of midnight flit
All there is to say has been said
And as the sky's turning pink
She leaves her keys by the sink
And takes one last look at our hero's face


He′s been a space cadet for years
Says one day he′ll be an astronaut
Floating in the hemisphere
And looking down on Hampton Court
But he's always late
And knows one day he′ll graduate
Then he'll be floating in the ozone
High above the empire, high above the
Empire, high above the Empire State

Now life goes on
It will be played out
But something′s supposed to happen, man, before the fade out
Now life goes on
It will be played out
But something's supposed to happen, man, before the fade out
Now life goes on
It will be played out
But something′s supposed to happen, man, before the fade out
Before the fade out

Before the fade out

Before the fade out
Before the fade out
Before the fade out