A música Rocket Man de Elton John foi inspirada pela música Rocket Man de David Bowie e a história curta The Rocket Man escrita por Ray Bradbury. A letra, escrita por Bernie Taupin, aborda os sentimentos de isolamento e solidão de um astronauta no espaço, refletindo sobre a distância emocional entre ele e sua família na Terra. Lançada em 1972, a canção tornou-se um dos maiores sucessos de Elton John, amplamente interpretada como uma metáfora para ... Ver mais [+] os desafios enfrentados na vida cotidiana.
She packed my bags last night - pre-flight Zero hour, nine A.M. And I'm gonna be high -i-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 ti - i -imeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long long time Til touchdown 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, burnin' out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time Til touchdown 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, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain't the kinda 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 under stand It's just my job five days a week Rocket man -aaa -a -a- an rocket man
And I think it's gonna be a long long time Til touchdown 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, burnin' out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time Til touchdown 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, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time Repeat 6 more times and fade out