Astronaut
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โฑ๏ธ 6:04 duration
๐ ID: 6454572
๐ Lyrics
My mother was an astronaut
She spent all her time away
Only ever came down for the births
My father was her husband
Sometimes we'd get to watch her on the TV
With our dinner
She was circling circling
My father would sometimes cry a little
And call his brother
To come and comfort him
The Russians did it also
But much earlier - out of curiosity
At first they sent up empties
And then silkworms
And then a monkey
And finally their most efficient women
These women were my mother's friends
Their meetings were at first absurd
And then commonplace
My mother had no weight
Historical or otherwise
They would experiment
On where cress grows best
Or how to build a sky net
Or how
In a normal way
To make life more than the sum of its parts
When she got very old
She retired there
And was gone
I only had a picture of her
And was always a little shocked
Because she was not glamorous
She spent all her time away
Only ever came down for the births
My father was her husband
Sometimes we'd get to watch her on the TV
With our dinner
She was circling circling
My father would sometimes cry a little
And call his brother
To come and comfort him
The Russians did it also
But much earlier - out of curiosity
At first they sent up empties
And then silkworms
And then a monkey
And finally their most efficient women
These women were my mother's friends
Their meetings were at first absurd
And then commonplace
My mother had no weight
Historical or otherwise
They would experiment
On where cress grows best
Or how to build a sky net
Or how
In a normal way
To make life more than the sum of its parts
When she got very old
She retired there
And was gone
I only had a picture of her
And was always a little shocked
Because she was not glamorous
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[01:13.44] My mother was an astronaut
[01:16.04] She spent all her time away
[01:19.14] Only ever came down for the births
[01:21.88] My father was her husband
[01:36.34] Sometimes we'd get to watch her on the TV
[01:38.41] With our dinner
[01:41.27] She was circling circling
[01:47.42] My father would sometimes cry a little
[01:50.12] And call his brother
[01:51.44] To come and comfort him
[02:28.76] The Russians did it also
[02:30.28] But much earlier - out of curiosity
[02:34.20] At first they sent up empties
[02:36.68] And then silkworms
[02:38.22] And then a monkey
[02:39.82] And finally their most efficient women
[02:57.48] These women were my mother's friends
[03:00.28] Their meetings were at first absurd
[03:03.00] And then commonplace
[03:09.70] My mother had no weight
[03:12.16] Historical or otherwise
[03:29.23] They would experiment
[03:30.56] On where cress grows best
[03:32.12] Or how to build a sky net
[03:35.15] Or how
[03:36.25] In a normal way
[03:37.58] To make life more than the sum of its parts
[03:58.27] When she got very old
[04:00.96] She retired there
[04:04.27] And was gone
[04:10.46] I only had a picture of her
[04:13.02] And was always a little shocked
[04:15.91] Because she was not glamorous
[04:18.35]
[01:16.04] She spent all her time away
[01:19.14] Only ever came down for the births
[01:21.88] My father was her husband
[01:36.34] Sometimes we'd get to watch her on the TV
[01:38.41] With our dinner
[01:41.27] She was circling circling
[01:47.42] My father would sometimes cry a little
[01:50.12] And call his brother
[01:51.44] To come and comfort him
[02:28.76] The Russians did it also
[02:30.28] But much earlier - out of curiosity
[02:34.20] At first they sent up empties
[02:36.68] And then silkworms
[02:38.22] And then a monkey
[02:39.82] And finally their most efficient women
[02:57.48] These women were my mother's friends
[03:00.28] Their meetings were at first absurd
[03:03.00] And then commonplace
[03:09.70] My mother had no weight
[03:12.16] Historical or otherwise
[03:29.23] They would experiment
[03:30.56] On where cress grows best
[03:32.12] Or how to build a sky net
[03:35.15] Or how
[03:36.25] In a normal way
[03:37.58] To make life more than the sum of its parts
[03:58.27] When she got very old
[04:00.96] She retired there
[04:04.27] And was gone
[04:10.46] I only had a picture of her
[04:13.02] And was always a little shocked
[04:15.91] Because she was not glamorous
[04:18.35]