Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom lyrics

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Major Tom (Coming Home) by Shiny Toy Guns, Music Lyrics and Video

Major Tom is a single by American indie/rock/electronica band Shiny Toy Guns, from their remix album, "Girls Le Disko", which was released on December 15, 2009 on Ultra Records.

The song is a cover of "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by singer Peter Schilling from his album "Error in the System". With unofficial character relation of "Major Tom", the theme of David Bowie's 1969 album Space Oddity, the song is about the character being caught in an accident in space.

The cover of "Major Tom (Coming Home)" originally appeared in a 2009 commercial for the 2010 Lincoln MKZ and is the first single for the album. In January 2010, Shiny Toy Gun teamed up with Lincoln again to produce a music video for Major Tom. It features a live recording of Major Tom (which includes Chad's vocals along with Sisely's vocals) and was aired during the 52nd Grammy commercials supporting Lincoln.

Here is the official video for the song.

Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom (Coming Home) Lyrics

Standing there alone,
the ship is waiting.
All systems are go.
"Are you sure?"
Control is not convinced,
but the computer
has the evidence.
No need to abort.
The countdown starts.

Watching in a trance,
the crew is certain.
Nothing left to chance,
all is working.
Trying to relax
up in the capsule
"Send me up a drink."
jokes Major Tom.
The count goes on... 

4...3...2...1...

earth below us
drifting, falling.
floating weightless
calling calling

second stage is cut.
We're now in orbit.
Stabilizers up,
running perfect.
Starting to collect
requested data.
"What will it affect
when all is done?"
thinks Major Tom.

Back at ground control,
there is a problem.
"Go to rockets full."
Not responding.
"Hello Major Tom.
Are you receiving?
Turn your thrusters on.
We're standing by."
There's no reply. 

4...3...2...1...

earth below us
drifting falling
floating weightless
calling calling

Across the stratosphere
a final message:
"Give my wife my love."
Then nothing more.

Far beneath the ship,
the world is mourning.
They don't realize
he's alive.
No one understands,
but Major Tom sees.
"Now the land commands
this is my home,
I'm coming home."

Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
calling home
x2
earth below us
drifting falling
floating weightless
calling, coming home
home (repeat)

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Copyrights:

Author: Peter Schilling

Composer: Peter Schilling

Publisher: Universal Motown

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Released in: 2009

Language: English

Submitted by Walter at Friday 17th of October 2014 09:24

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