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Artist: Ray Wilson
Canonical path: /ray-wilson/space-oddity
Related lyric paths: 6
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Space Oddity
Read Space Oddity lyrics by Ray Wilson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Space Oddity
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Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you
This is ground control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now 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 my tin can
Far across the world
Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
Though I've crossed 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 Tom, your circuit's dead
Something's wrong
Can you hear me Major Tom
Can you hear me Major Tom
Can you hear me Major Tom
Can you hear, am I floating on my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
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