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The Astronaut

from Blood, Sweat & Beers by Hatfield

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This is a track off the full-length album "Blood, Sweat and Beers".

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I wish I was an astronaut
out among the stars
in a stationary orbit
or on the way to Mars

it wouldn’t be for science or to benefit mankind
just to get away from all the pain that woman left behind

I wish I was an astronaut
steering through the void
a couple hundred miles above
things that bring me joy

‘cause joyful things on planet earth remind me of a time
before I went and fucked things up, a time when she was mine

but I doubt them boys at NASA are looking for my kind
uncertified, unqualified, trying to kill some time
until I find that one true love, until I find you dear
I’ll wish I was an astronaut far away from here

I wish I was an astronaut
like Michael, Buzz and Neil
drifting through the weightlessness
few will ever feel

it wouldn’t be for honour, country, crown or kin
just to hide away from all the shame that woman left me in

but I doubt them boys at NASA are looking for my kind
just a heart-broke claustrophobe trying to kill some time
until I find that one true love, until that girl finds me
I’ll wish I was an astronaut defying gravity

but a wish is just a wish, a dream is just a dream
desires that stay unfulfilled are all they’ll ever be
I have to find that one true love, I have to find her now
‘cause wishing I was someone else just ain’t working out

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from Blood, Sweat & Beers, released September 8, 2016
Words + Music: Mark Hatfield
Recorded by Christian Heinz @ mute audio (labs) in Höchberg, Germany

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Mark Hatfield from Würzburg, Germany. Folk-punking stages around the world with his trusty live-sidekick Konstantin Vey. Well, maybe not around the world. Just Germany. Come to think of it... Bavaria. OK, northern Bavaria...

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