Released: July 10, 1972
Songwriter: Harry Nilsson
Producer: Richard Perry
[Intro]
Bang, bang, shoot em' up, destiny
Bang, bang, shoot em' up to the moon
Bang, bang, shoot em' up one, two, three
(One, two, three, four)
[Verse 1]
I wanted to be a spaceman
That's what I wanted to be
But now that I am a spaceman
Nobody cares about me
[Chorus 1]
Hey Mother Earth, won't 'cha bring me back down
Safely to the sea
But 'round and around and around and around
Is all she ever say to me
[Verse 2]
I wanted to make a good run
I wanted to go to the moon
I knew that it had to be fun
I told 'em to send me real soon
[Verse 3]
I wanted to be a spaceman
I wanted to be it so bad
But now that I am a spaceman
I'd rather be back on the pad
[Chorus 2]
Hey Mother Earth, won't 'cha bring me back down
Safely to the sea
Around and around and around and around
Is just a lot of lunacy (yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
'Round and around and around and around and around
(So bring me back down)
'Round and around and around and around and around
Safe on the ground
[Chorus 1]
Hey Mother Earth, better bring me back down
Safely to the sea
But around and around and around and around
Is all she ever say to me, yeah
[Verse 1]
You know, I wanted to be a spaceman
That's what I wanted to be
But now that I am a spaceman
Nobody cares about me
[Chorus 3]
Say hey, you Mother Earth, you better bring me back down
I've taken just as much as I can
But around and around and around and around
Is the problem of a spaceman
Bang, bang, shoot em' up, destiny
Bang, bang, shoot em' up to the moon
Bang, bang, shoot em' up one, two, three
(One, two, three, four)
[Verse 1]
I wanted to be a spaceman
That's what I wanted to be
But now that I am a spaceman
Nobody cares about me
[Chorus 1]
Hey Mother Earth, won't 'cha bring me back down
Safely to the sea
But 'round and around and around and around
Is all she ever say to me
[Verse 2]
I wanted to make a good run
I wanted to go to the moon
I knew that it had to be fun
I told 'em to send me real soon
[Verse 3]
I wanted to be a spaceman
I wanted to be it so bad
But now that I am a spaceman
I'd rather be back on the pad
[Chorus 2]
Hey Mother Earth, won't 'cha bring me back down
Safely to the sea
Around and around and around and around
Is just a lot of lunacy (yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
'Round and around and around and around and around
(So bring me back down)
'Round and around and around and around and around
Safe on the ground
[Chorus 1]
Hey Mother Earth, better bring me back down
Safely to the sea
But around and around and around and around
Is all she ever say to me, yeah
[Verse 1]
You know, I wanted to be a spaceman
That's what I wanted to be
But now that I am a spaceman
Nobody cares about me
[Chorus 3]
Say hey, you Mother Earth, you better bring me back down
I've taken just as much as I can
But around and around and around and around
Is the problem of a spaceman
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- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Black Sails
- You’re Breakin’ My Heart
- Good for God
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- She’s Leaving Home
- Mother Nature’s Son
- All My Life
- Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga
- Take 54
- Rock Around the Clock
- Loop De Loop
- That Is All
- At My Front Door
- Ambush
- Old Dirt Road
- That Is All (Reprise)
- Many Rivers to Cross
- Old Forgotten Soldier
- Kojak Columbo
- Don’t Forget Me
- You Can’t Do That