Space Cadet Lyrics

When I was a child I was a little stuck in my dreams

Picking flowers in the schoolyard while the other kids picked teams

And maybe I would feel a little strange and lonely sometimes

But everything was fine up in the station of my mind

They called me space cadet

And I'd go to wondrous places

Little space cadet

When I was not where I wanted to be

Space cadet, come down to earth they said

When you going to come down

Do you remember Philadelphia the winter that I fell for you

Covered all the dirty sidewalks in a glittering sheet of white

And you said I feel I've known you all my life, yet from a distance, mystified

Oh won't you take me with you where you go inside your mind

I said I'm a space cadet

I'll take you to wondrous places

Little space cadet

And you'll find you're right where you want to be

I'm a wreck, over my head you said

I don't want to come down

And you were so enthralled with me

When I was just a mystery

Ain't that the way it goes

Because now it's three years later and we're at the grocery store

And I'm wondering how my life would be if I'd been born in '34

And I see your lips are moving but I cannot shut it off

Again I ran from the monotony and I only wound up lost

You say earth to space cadet

Were you even listening to a single word I said

I need you right here with me, why are you up in your head

And I'll be here waiting

For when you're gonna come down