Lovely Navigator - Adam Barnes

If I built a rocket in the garden

A budget way of public travelling

Maybe there’s a vacancy at NASA with a salary

For singers losing confidence to sing

And I scavenged for fuel for ideal velocity

50 miles up I earned my wings

I built a helmet from an unused fishbowl

And a duvet for my parachute landing

I promise that I won’t be gone for too long

I just want to feel the loss of gravity

Is there any way to feel this weightless

Without a ticket to Israel

And go and swim in the Dead Sea

So I built a rocket in the garden

And I scheduled the launch for Sunday eve

Experience one beautiful orbit

With the optimism that

I’d still make it home for tea

If all goes well I’ll be the first of many

Pioneers of DIY astronomy

Adventurers of the great beyond

I can hear the slogan in the song

The sky’s no limit for me

I think I need to build a bigger rocket

One with a second seat right next to me

You can be my lovely navigator

And I can offer you the world for free