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Living in a bedsitClose to the world's end,Sitting in his y-frontsSponging off his girlfriend Ca-areyShe says life's right there babeShould be getting on with it(?) better tell her that you've all but squandered itIt's sillyAnd his relatives all think that it's a shame (a shame)And they'd say that it was a mystery if his Dad wasn't exactly the sameThe sameHe's been a space cadet for yearsSays one day he'll be an astronautFloating in the hemisphereAnd looking down on Hampton CourtBut he's always lateAnd knows one day he'll graduateThen he'll be floating in the ozoneHigh above the empireHigh above the empireState state state He's living in aState state state He's in a properSongtexteState state state They've got him in aState state state Sofa surfer, likes a little gambleA few dodgy debts that he says he can handleMaybeNever not (?)Stays in most nightsJostling to pixelated princesses on websitesFranticallyAnd his family all say that it's a waste (a waste)And they wash their mouths out with self-righteousnessTo hide the bitter tasteThe tasteHe's been a space cadet for yearsSays one day he'll be an astronautFloating in the hemisphereAnd looking down on Hampton CourtBut he's always lateAnd knows one day he'll graduateThen he'll be floating in the ozoneHigh above the empireHigh above the empireCarey's love is cold and congealedLike last night's take-awayAnd she feelsShe might have to do some kindOf midnight flitAll there is to say has been saidAnd as the sky's turning pinkShe leaves her keys by the sinkAnd takes one last look at our hero's faceHe's been a space cadet for yearsSays one day he'll be an astronautFloating in the hemisphereAnd looking down on Hampton CourtBut he's always lateAnd knows one day he'll graduateThen he'll be floating in the ozoneHigh above the empireHigh above the empireHigh above the empire stateOh oh la la la lax3Now life goes onIt will be played outBut something's s'posed to happen man before the fade outx 3Before the fade out x 5 Aus Songtexte Mania