Tears for Fears

Astronaut

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Astronaut Lyrics

I wanna be the best that I can
Wanna show everyone
I’m a serious man
I don’t belong here
I got one eye on a different world
And if I get stuck there
Well I won’t care yeah yeah

I wanna be the last man alive
Floating past Jupiter
Just a flame in the sky
I don’t belong here
I got one eye on a different world
And if I go wrong yeah
Won’t be long yeah no no

It’s gravity but it won’t bring me down

I wanna be an astronaut
Fly on a missile Castro bought
Travel at the speed of thought
It’s all I wanna do (it's all I wanna do)
I wanna be an astronaut (I wanna be)
Fly on a missile Castro bought
Travel at the speed of thought
It’s all I wanna do

And if I go wrong there
Won’t be long there no no

It’s gravity but it won’t bring me down

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I wanna be an astronaut
Fly on a missile Castro bought
Travel at the speed of thought
It’s all I wanna do (it's all I wanna do)
I wanna be an astronaut (I wanna be)
Fly on a missile Castro bought
Travel at the speed of thought
It’s all I wanna do

All I wanna do
All I wanna do
All I wanna do

Lyrics © Bmg Rights Management

Writer

Charlton Pettus, Roland Orzabal

Duration

3:44

Producer

Tears For Fears

Release date

Jun 18, 2001

Sentiment

Positive

Submitted by

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I wanna be the best that I can
Wanna show everyone
I’m a serious man
I don’t belong here
I got one eye on a different world
And if I get stuck there
Well I won’t care yeah yeah
 
I wanna be the last man alive
Floating past Jupiter
Just a flame in the sky
I don’t belong here
I got one eye on a different world
And if I go wrong yeah
Won’t be long yeah no no
 
It’s gravity but it won’t bring me down
 
I wanna be an astronaut
Fly on a missile Castro bought
Travel at the speed of thought
It’s all I wanna do (it's all I wanna do)
I wanna be an astronaut (I wanna be)
Fly on a missile Castro bought
Travel at the speed of thought
It’s all I wanna do
 
And if I go wrong there
Won’t be long there no no
 
It’s gravity but it won’t bring me down

All I wanna do
All I wanna do
All I wanna do

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