An Israeli woman signs a condolence book for Colonel Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut who died February 1, in the space shuttle Columbia disaster with six other astronauts, on February 2, 2003 at Mekif Gimel high school where Ramon was a student. Israelis mourned on Sunday the death of their country's first astronaut with a weary sense of familiarity with dashed dreams. The space shuttle Columbia broke up in the skies 200,000 feet over Texas on yesterday. REUTERS/Alberto Dankberg
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man
And I think it's gonna be a long long time...
JJ
