Michael Collins Lyrics

It's lonely in the universe
sitting looking up
from planet earth
It's funny how
the world goes round
even when it's turned
upside down

I often think of Michael Collins
sitting in Columbia
I wonder if anyone on Earth
was ever lonelier
Staring out into the darkness
circling the moon alone
Counting stars and
a million miles from home

Things on Earth
seem commonplace
But they look beautiful
from outer s***e
On the far side of the moon
the minutes quietly ticking by
looking through old photographs
and listening to Patsy Cline

Always hoping for the best but
in his heart he fears the worst
Knowing there's a chance that he'll
return alone to Earth

And when you see things from a distance
then you see things as they are
Cause the world looks very different
when you see it from that far
I just wish we didn't have to go so far
To see the world from the stars

And when you see things from a distance
then you see things as they are
Cause the world looks very different
when you see it from that far

When you look at it from s***e
it's such a fragile place
I just wish we didn't have to go so far
To see the world from the stars