I left for outer space to see if I could fly. Found 
myself on the planet Earth with no real reason why. Build 
me a rocket! Don't build it slow. I'll leave this planet 
behind, into the future I go. I'll say “Hello” to the 
Boogeyman. I'll leave this planet and return again.

I can't wait for NASA. I want to go into outer space 
find myself an old man with all my chances gone.

If you want to rock-n-roll with me you got to build 
yourself a ship to cruise this galaxy. Tiny robots, laser 
beams, space invaders are living my dreams.

If there was a time when space was new, it must have been 
way back in 1962. If I could travel around the world I'd 
leave this planet behind in a cosmic tilt-a-whirl.