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Song score
Rhythm 9.3
Melody 9.4
Instruments 9.6
Lyrics 9.7
Vocal 9.8
This song has been reviewed 24 times. Overall score for this song, 9.6.
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David Bowie - Space Oddity Lyrics

Song details
TitleSpace Oddity
ArtistDavid Bowie
AlbumSpace Oddity (1972) , Track 1 ,
Anthology 1966-1968 (1997) , Track 27 ,
Best Of Bowie (2002) , Track 1 ,
Space Oddity (1969) , Track 1
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Rank5,367 (+1,098) history
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Song lyrics
Artist : David Bowie 
Title : Space Oddity 
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Ground control to Major Tom 
Ground control to Major Tom 
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on 

Ground control to Major Tom 
(10, 9, 8, 7) 
Commencing countdown, engines on 
(6, 5, 4, 3) 
Check ignition, and may God's love be with you 
(2, 1, liftoff) 

This is ground control to Major Tom, 
You've really made the grade 
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear 
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare 

This is Major Tom to ground control 
I'm stepping through the door 
And I'm floating in the most of peculiar way 
And the stars look very different today 

For here am I sitting in a tin can 
Far above the world 
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do 

Though I'm past 100,000 miles 
I'm feeling very still 
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go 
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows 

Ground control to Major Tom, 
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong 
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
Can you... 

Here am I floating round my tin can 
Far above the moon 
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do... 

Ground control to Major Tom, 
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong 
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
Can you...
lyrics submitted by SpaceWrecked
lyrics corrected by William on 03-03-2009




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23-08-2006 03:31heart_grenade is offline heart_grenade 

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David Bowie is a cool guy
03-09-2006 18:37LunaticGirl_x is offline LunaticGirl_x 

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I love this song.
18-12-2006 02:19agalinsane is offline agalinsane 

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major tom does not die in the end
08-01-2007 21:15bja77 is offline bja77 

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love this song!! david bowie rules!! lol, this song reminds me of one of my friends. we randomly sang it in the middle of math class!
17-02-2007 05:12reg2007 is offline reg2007 

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i am pretty sure thunderstruck23 is right. this song is all about drugs and nothing to do with astronauts. in fact i think it is referring to the heroin use in the vietnam war. major tom being one of the many heroin addicted commanders in the war. "floating in the most peculiar way and the stars look very different today" is referring to his fucked up perception of everything because he is high as a kite. ground control is simply a symbol of reality that he is slowly slipping away from as he progressivly gets higher and subsequently more addicted. at the end of the song he does not die but has lost communication with ground control or in other words has lost all touch with reality. also ashes to ashes does clear that up
"Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low
Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight"

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