I miss the earth so much. I miss my wife.

It's lonely out in space

On such a timeless flight

And i think it's gonna be a long long time

Till touch down brings me round again to find

I'm not the man they think I am at home

Oh no no no. I'm a rocket man

Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.

In fact, it's cold as hell.

And there's no one there to raise them if you did.

And all this science... I don't understand.

It's just my job five days a week.

A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long long time...

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I actually have a picture of it that was taken in 71 and it was already pretty run down.

The one memory that stands out most of a similiar rocket was when I was very young. I climbed to the top and then sat on the slide. Half way down I had to roll off the slide to avoid the "poop" someone had left halfway down.

I never played on a the rocket again.

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But then a lot of "adults" started "riding" on the rocket ship.

So I didn't get to go anymore.

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