Ticket to Earth

All these years have turned to dust

Since I left the world I used to trust

This silver sphere, my constant view

A different life, forever new

Still got my ticket to the moon

Though the leaving happened long ago, that noon

Yeah, still got my ticket to the moon

But I mostly see the Earth rise, coming soon

Rising high above the blue

The mysteries unfolded, stark and true

The tears I cried have long since dried

Beneath a silent, starlit tide

Still got my ticket to the moon

Though the leaving happened long ago, that noon

Yeah, still got my ticket to the moon

And I often dream of sunrises, coming soon

Flew through skies, no longer troubled

To a world where silence has redoubled

Wondering sometimes, in the fading light

If the world below still burns so bright

Ticket to the moon, my long gone goal

Now Earth's the ticket, for my longing soul

Ticket to return, a whispered plea

To feel the sunrise, warm again on me.