I wanted to be a scientist

Before I went to school

Exploring the universe in a spaceship flying at a thousand miles an hour

Going to the moon and back within an hour

I took a chance on an old romance but unfortunately for me

She lived so very far away at the edge of the galaxy

I’m going away

I don’t know how long I’m gonna stay

‘Coz time keeps ticking, time keeps ticking

I’m a spaceman trying to find myself a home

I’ve made a lot of friends and some enemies too

I’ve been in love before but none of them were true

I even hit the big time struck gold out in the fields

But you can't lose a feeling that's indebted you for years

I’m going away

I don’t know how long I’m gonna stay

‘Coz time keeps ticking, time keeps ticking

I’m a spaceman trying to find myself a home

A home in a foreign land

A home where the sun don’t shine

A place where gravity stops and you can float up to the clouds

I’m going away

I don’t know how long I’m gonna stay

‘Coz time keeps ticking, time keeps ticking

I’m a spaceman trying to find myself a home

I’m going away

I don’t know how long I’m gonna stay

‘Coz time keeps ticking, time keeps ticking

I’m a spaceman trying to find myself a home