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Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)

This version of Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time) was released by Elton John in 1972.

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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…

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The lyrics for Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Elton John. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time) - Elton John and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time) by Elton John in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time)" means the words set to the music of Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elton John. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time) and the lyrics to Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elton John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rocket Man (I Think It’S Going To Be A Long Long Time), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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