Space Oddity by David Bowie fictionalizes the story of Major Tom, an astronaut who cuts off communication with Earth and gets lost in space. Released in 1969, coinciding with public interest in the space race and moon landing, it received significant attention and became one of Bowies most notable hits.
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Ground control to Major Tom
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Ground control to Major Tom
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Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
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Ground control to Major Tom
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Commencing countdown engines on
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Check ignition and may God's love be with you
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This is ground control to Major Tom
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You've really made the grade
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And the papers want to know whose shirt you wear
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Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
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This is Major Tom to ground control
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I'm stepping through the door
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And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
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And the stars look very different today
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For here am I sitting in a tin can
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Far above the world
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Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
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Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
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I'm feeling very still
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And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
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Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
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Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, there's something wrong