Astronomy

The middle lane has trapped my car

In red-light claustrophobia

I slip the shackles, cut the rope

Stand naked with a telescope

As the cat walks alone

Under a big sky

Against the dark so thin and white

Gonna be a big sky night

Miss galileo, come with me

And view the new astronomy

Black hole dressing on salad plate

Quasar at the kissing gate

Now the cat, he walks alone

Under a big sky

Umbrella dome pin-pricked in lights

Gonna be a big sky night

My spectacles, my white lab coat

My coffee thermos and my notes

I pat my pockets

I got the keys

To the secrets of the observatory

And closing the door

I feel a new dawn

As the darker sides align

You to yours and me to mine

And now you stand, assisting me

I can touch what I can see, see, see

I look in wonder, I feel no shame

See the consequences of the game

Expand my universe

Head for the big bang

Reach for my switch and shout

Gonna turn the big sky out

There's got to be astronomy

Astronomy