Astronaut - Just Jack

Living in a bedsit

Close to the world’s end

Sitting in his 'Y' fronts

Sponging off his girlfriend, Carrie

She says «Life's right there babe, should be getting on with it»

Had a bit of talent, now you’ve all but squandered it

It’s silly

And his relatives all think it’s a shame

A Shame

And they’d say it was a mystery

If his dad wasn’t exactly the same

The same

He’s been a space cadet for years

Says one day he’ll be an astronaut

Floating in the hemisphere

Looking down on Hampton Court

But he’s always late

And knows one day he’ll graduate

And he’ll be floating in the ozone

High above the Empire

High above the Empire

State State State

He’s living in a

State State State

He’s in a proper

State State State

They’ve got him in a

State State State

Sofa surfer, likes a little gamble

A few dodgy debts that he says he can handle

Maybe

Never not

Stays in most night

Jostling to pixelated princesses on websites

Frantically

And his family all say it’s a waste

A waste

And they wash their mouths out with self-righteousness

To hide the bitter taste

The taste

He’s been a space cadet for years

Says one day he’ll be an astronaut

Floating in the hemisphere

Looking down on Hampton Court

But he’s always late

And knows one day he’ll graduate

And he’ll be floating in the ozone

High above the Empire

High above the Empire

Carrie’s love is cold and congealed

Like last night’s take-away

She feels might have to do some kind

Of midnight flit

All there is to say has been said

And as the sky’s turning pink

She leaves her keys by the sink

And takes one last look at our

Heroes face

He’s been a space cadet for years

Says one day he’ll be an astronaut

Floating in the hemisphere

Looking down on Hampton Court

But he’s always late

And knows one day he’ll graduate

And he’ll be floating in the ozone

High above the Empire

High above the Empire

High above the Empire

State

Oh oh la la la la

Oh oh la la la la

Oh oh la la la la

Now life goes on

It will be played out

But something’s supposed to happen man before the fade out

Now life goes on

It will be played out

But something’s supposed to happen man before the fade out

Now life goes on

It will be played out

But something’s supposed to happen man before the fade out

Before the fade out

Before the fade out

Before the fade out

Before the fade out

Before the fade out