For the benefit of Mr. Helm here're the lyrics in his realm, right on his
screen:
David Bowie - Space Oddity ============================
Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with you
Spoken: Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Lift-off
This is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today
For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much (she knows!) Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear....
" am I floating round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do.?
Mike Geary Memphis
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David Ritchie wrote:
"So then I recalled Major Tom, singing in his orbit suit,"
to which Lawrence Helm replied:
"You recall something about the astronaut Tom Jones and associate him with the singer Tom Jones."
In 1969, David Bowie released an eponymous album that included the song 'Space Oddity'. In the song, there is a Major Tom who has an unfortunate (?) experience in space, and sings:
"Here am I floating round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do."
Sincerely,
Phil Enns Toronto, ON
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