Astronaut - YILA, Scroobius Pip

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut See the friends I made and I were

different from the???

In the school playground is where the shit starts to show

The other kids would play He-Man, and GI Joe

But why they aspired to be GI Joe I just didn’t know

It was kinda clear right then there were strangers within us

We’re more like you be Charles Mingus, I’ll be sticky fingers

I was a schoolboy standing in a schoolboy stance

Gimme some space to grow so I can try to advance

When I grow up I want to be an astronaut.

Now just because I did not become an

astronaut

That does not mean I have failed no, no, no, no, not at all

It simply means that the ambitions of the kids at school

Can be restricted and a little one-dimensional

We are encouraged to pick a job in which we seek success

Instead of thinking about what we really need for happiness

So our goal becomes our job title and anything less

Is deemed a failure and for me this is quite hard to digest

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut Anything other than that is an

afterthought

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

With a lot of good friends and a family to support

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

With no friends, other than the TV I bought

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

Married to the girl throughout my teens I had sought

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

Selling drugs on the side and not getting caught

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

Living out my life in a familiar home

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut

Drained of all my life, looking tired and gaunt

When I grow up, I just want to roll

From one experience to the next without having a goal

When I grow up, I just want to evolve

Into a person not defined just by their job or their role

When I grow up, I just want to roll

From one experience to the next without having a goal

When I grow up, I just want to evolve

Into a person not defined just by their job or their role

When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE AN

ASTRONAUT When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.