By the Time I Get To...
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In the crystalline void of orbit's brink
I was there
I know not where they'll land me now
It could be anywhere
When re-entry fires have faded
The brightness leaves my sight
And I find I'm stacked on an aircraft's back
Riding home's gonna take all night
And my engine's in the ocean
My payload's on a train
And I'm a frequent flyer
When the Cape's expecting rain
Yesterday I journeyed for half a million miles
Now I'm stacked upon an aircraft's back
This last part takes a while
There's nothing left for me to do but hold on tight
So self-assured in orbit
Now I find I'm scared of heights
And I get kind of airsick
'Cause air is not my style
Oh, my knees will shake and my belly ache
Trying hard just to hold down tiles
And my engine's in the ocean
My payload's on a train
And I'm a frequent flyer
When the Cape's expecting rain
Yesterday I journeyed for half a million miles
Now I'm stacked upon an aircraft's back
This last part takes a while
Before each quarter's launch
They hope that I'm all there
To half the Roman pantheon
They sing a secret prayer
Am I lock and stock and a barrel
Of the dream I helped to start?
Is it really true that I slept through
The most exciting part?
And my engine's in the ocean
My payload's on a train
And I'm a frequent flyer
When the Cape's expecting rain
Yesterday I journeyed for half a million miles
Now I'm stacked upon an aircraft's back
This last part takes a while