Words & Music Richard Taylor
AKA / Ricky Nicewonder
Copywrite (c) Richard Taylor 2023
USE ONLY WITH PERMISSION

From the Ricky Nicewonder album,
"Under The Martian Sun"

SPACEMAN

YOU SAY YOU NEED MORE SPACE AND TIME,
WHEN I TRY TO HOLD YOU TIGHT.
TOTAL DARKNESS CONTROLS YOUR MIND,
WHILE YOU'RE STARING AT THE LIGHT.

YOU LIVE IN THE SHADOWS WHERE THE WORLD IS COLDER,
ALONE AND FARAWAY.
DRIFTING AROUND OUT IN A DISTANT SOMEWHERE,
GOIN NOWHERE,
AND THIS BLACK HOLE DEEP INSIDE YOUR HEART,
IS KEEPING US LIGHT YEARS APART.

WELL I'M NOT A SPACEMAN,
I'VE GOT A YEARNIN'
I WANT I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU,
NO NO I'M NOT A SPACEMAN.

YOU FEEL SAFE IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE,
AFRAID TO LET SOMEBODY IN.
LET ME GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE GREAT UNKNOWN,
I'LL BRING YOU DOWN TO EARTH AGAIN.

SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH INHALE A NEW BEGINNING,
TURN YOUR FUTURE ON.
IMAGINE THE BIG BANG WE COULD SHARE TOGETHER,
BUT YOU'RE WAY OUT THERE,
SOMEWHERE IN THE STRATOSPHERE,
WHILE GRAVITY HOLDS ME DOWN HERE.

WELL I'M NOT A SPACEMAN,
I'VE GOT A YEARNIN'
I WANT I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU,
NO I'M NOT A SPACEMAN,
TIME IS A WASTIN
I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT, TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU.

CLOSE YOUR EYES,
IT'S TIME YOU TAKE, A LEAP OF FAITH,
THEN YOU AND I,
CAN FINALLY CLOSE THE SPACE BETWEEN US NOW.

HEY I'M NOT A SPACEMAN,
I'VE GOT A YEARNIN'
I WANT I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU,
NO I'M NOT A SPACEMAN,
TIME IS A WASTIN
I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT, TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU.

NO, I'M NOT A SPACEMAN
NO, I'M NOT A SPACEMAN
I'M NOT A SPACEMAN
NO NO I'M NOT A SPACEMAN.