A Day In The Space Oddity
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I read the news today oh boy
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About a lucky man who made the grade
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And though the news was rather sad
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Well I just had to laugh
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I saw the photograph
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He blew his mind out in a car
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He didn't notice that the lights had changed
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A crowd of people stood and stared
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They'd seen his face before
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Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
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I saw a film today oh boy
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The English Army had just won the war
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A crowd of people turned away
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But I just had to look
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Having read the book
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I'd love to turn.... you.... on....
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{SPACE ODDITY:}
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Ground control to Major Tom
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Ground control to Major Tom
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Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
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Ground control to Major Tom
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Commencing countdown engines on
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Check ignition and may God's love be with you
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This is ground control to Major Tom
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You've really made the grade
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And the papers want to know whose shirt you wear
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Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
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This is Major Tom to ground control
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I'm stepping through the door
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And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
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And the stars look very different today
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For here am I sitting in a tin can
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Far above the world
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Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
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Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
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I'm feeling very still
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And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
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((Tell my wife I love her very much)) she knows
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Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead,
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there's something wrong
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Can you hear me Major Tom?
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Can you hear me Major Tom?
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Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you...
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Here am I floating 'round my tin can
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Far above the Moon
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Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
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{A DAY IN THE LIFE:}
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Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head
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Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
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Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat
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Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream
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Ahhh....
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I heard the news today oh boy
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Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
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And though the holes were rather small
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They had to count them all
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Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
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I'd love to turn... you... on...
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