so i'm hitting the town tonight, cinder blocks for feet
shuffling through all the gazes i know better than to meet
finally i've found a home i finally have to leave

another permanent place i'd always hoped i'd make it to
i'm not the first of the astronauts to reach first avenue
a suburban flyer trying to break some city rules

'cause i'm leaving the ground tonight
i'm over your ceiling
‘cause down in your twinkling lights
life is but a dream
and though you may pretend
this is how it ends
gone again

baby open your canyons up and sweep me right along
won't you give me your cold embrace, i'll give you one more song
then you'll tell me a lie and say you'll miss me when i'm gone

'cause i'm leaving the ground tonight
i'm over you're ceiling
‘cause down in your twinkling lights
life is but a dream
and though you may pretend
this is how it ends
gone again

couldn't tell you for sure the view is better from above
i'm not the first of the astronauts to leave the place i love