Astronaut

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut See the friends I made and I were
different from the???
In the school playground is where the shit starts to show
The other kids would play He-Man, and GI Joe
But why they aspired to be GI Joe I just didn’t know
It was kinda clear right then there were strangers within us
We’re more like you be Charles Mingus, I’ll be sticky fingers
I was a schoolboy standing in a schoolboy stance
Gimme some space to grow so I can try to advance
When I grow up I want to be an astronaut. Now just because I did not become an
astronaut
That does not mean I have failed no, no, no, no, not at all
It simply means that the ambitions of the kids at school
Can be restricted and a little one-dimensional
We are encouraged to pick a job in which we seek success
Instead of thinking about what we really need for happiness
So our goal becomes our job title and anything less
Is deemed a failure and for me this is quite hard to digest
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut Anything other than that is an
afterthought
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
With a lot of good friends and a family to support
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
With no friends, other than the TV I bought
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Married to the girl throughout my teens I had sought
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Selling drugs on the side and not getting caught
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Living out my life in a familiar home
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut
Drained of all my life, looking tired and gaunt
When I grow up, I just want to roll
From one experience to the next without having a goal
When I grow up, I just want to evolve
Into a person not defined just by their job or their role
When I grow up, I just want to roll
From one experience to the next without having a goal
When I grow up, I just want to evolve
Into a person not defined just by their job or their role
When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE AN
ASTRONAUT When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.