Apogee - Jethro Tull

Just because I like it:

Sailing round the true-blue sphere---

Is it too late to bale out of here? 

Well, there has to be some better way

To turn back the night,

Spin on to yesterday.

The old man and his crew---

After all these years,

It's apogee.

Pilot training and remorse---

Spirit friends fly too,

At apogee.

Apogee --- solar bright.

Apogee --- through the night.

Apogee --- over ground.

Don't think I'll be coming down.

Screened for a stable mate

With nerves of ice we flew,

At apogee.

No creativity allowed

To pass through stainless veins of steel,

At apogee.

Apogee --- put the kettle on.

Tight-lipped --- soldier on.

High point --- communicate.

Don't forget to urinate.

So glad they put this window in.

How to explain, how to begin? 

See! Tennyson and Wordsworth there

Waiting for me in the cold, thin air.

Beware a host of unearthly daffodils

Drifting golden, turned up loud.

Tell the boys back home,

I'm gonna get some.

The wrong stuff's loose in here ---

I'm climbing up the walls,

At apogee.

So hoist the skull and bones ---

Death and glory's free,

At apogee.

A stranger wind, a solar breeze ---

I'm walking out upon the starry seas.

See pyramids, see standing stones ---

Pink cotton undies and blue telephones.

Goodbye, cruel world that was my home ---

There's a cleaner space out there to roam.

Put my feet up on the moons of mars ---

Sit back, relax and count the stars.