Laika

I'm going to the stars tonight I don't know exactly how and I don't know why Grew up on cold Moscow streets These paws, they saw all kinds of trouble Scrapping with puppies over something to eat It's tough, looks rough, but you can't knock the muzzle These stray days Wasting away as we waste away days There must be more to life than this I'm going to the stars tonight I don't know exactly how and I don't know why I'm going to the stars tonight I don't know exactly how and I don't know why But when I go Just don't leave me behind Men in strange suits scooped me off the roadside Gave me free food How was I to know I Had been selected for a secret mission? Took me to all kinds of uncomfortable fittings Dogs don't wear hats And there were other dogs there All in training It was like a montage of a particularly strange film And every day, my cage got a bit smaller And other dogs, they got the call-up That their services were no longer required Until the only dog left was I I'm going to the stars tonight I don't know exactly how and I don't know why I'm going to the stars tonight I don't know exactly how and I don't know why But when I go Just don't leave me behind That just about brings us to the present day Tonight's the night they say I'm gonna elevate They put me on a weird diet and Keep pointing at strange diagrams Say I'm going higher than Anyone has ever been A distant canine Drifting in space-time Just need a bit of space I'm Not used to this pressure Surely there's somebody better qualified? But I guess the sooner I go The sooner I can come home Going to the stars tonight I don't know exactly how and I don't know why I used to say There must be more to life than this But it's the normal life I miss There must be more to life than this But it's the normal life I miss And when I go Just don't leave me behind