Why don't you hate me? I'll be the first there And I'll be the last there I'm not gonna last here I'm not gonna last long Everyone hates me, but nobody knows me Where did the time go, could somebody show me? Get in and ride slow, you know where I'm going

And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time 'Til touchdown 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 Burnin' out his fuse Up there alone She packed my bags last night, pre-flight