"Spaceman" genre: Pop
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	Inspired by Astronaut Jerry Linenger's ride aboard Mir, but more about being spaced out than about outer space.
	CD: Railroad Blessing   Label: Spiral Records Credits: Sam Payne--Vocals, Guitar
	Story Behind the Song a song inspired by a radio interview with Jerry Linenger, astronaut and author of "Off the Planet," about his five months aboard Mir. I heard the interview in the car, and wrote most of the song there as well. In the song, it's only "a hundred days," and is less about being in outer space than it is loneliness, and about separation from love. "Less about being in Outer Space than about being Spaced Out" I usually say in concert. Lyrics A hundred days in outer space I sail the starry sea In my thousand dollar PJ’s With a black-and-white TV Baby no one speaks my language And I cannot drink their tea And the air all smells like cosmonauts It’s near too much for me But I watch my baby planet Spinning blue inside its bubble full of air And it turns there in the silence And my mind can see you turning, turning there Now the sunrise on the Rockies I can blot out with a dime And the Pyramids of Egypt Passed me for the thousandth time 18,000 miles an hour Up the Universe we climb And I do my bit for science Though my spirit burns and burns I’m riding in a Winnebago And there aren’t any doors And I pace and pace the ceiling I assume you pace the floors This has changed me for forever I’m a far, far better man But I wake up from my sleeping And I cannot find your hand I’m a Spaceman Baby when this trip is over And it will be over soon I’ll breathe air I didn’t have to make I will gaze upon the moon I will walk upon the grasses I will eat soup from a spoon And I will not float away When you reach out for me So reach out for me Galaxies are not enough WIthout a hand to hold Make me know I’m not alone Warm me up from orbit’s cold Did I say I’m changed forever I’m a far, far better man But my bones are tired of weightlessness So ground me if you can I’m a spaceman

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