Rocket Man
Written by Bernie Taupin
Haikued by Crimson Mind


Packed my bags, pre-flight
Zero-hour, nine A.M.
I'm high as a kite


Miss the earth, my wife
It's lonely out here in space
Such a timeless flight


I think it's gonna
be a long-long time until
touch down bring me back


I'm not the man they
think I am at home, oh no
I'm a Rocket Man


Burning out his fuse
out here all alone, oh no
I'm a Rocket Man


Mars ain't the kind of
place to raise your kids; in fact
it is cold as hell


And there is no one
there to raise them if you did
oh no no no no


And all this science
I don't understand; Just my
job, five days a week


I'm a Rocket man
And I think its gonna be
such a long-long time...


-- inspired by William Shatner's dramatic reading
of Rocket Man at the 1978 Sci-Fi film awards