so i'm hittin the town tonight cinder blocks for feet shufflin' through all the gazes i know better than to meet finally i 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 flower tryin' to break some city rules [chorus] cause i'm leavin the ground tonight i'm over your ceilin' ????????????? life is but a dream and though you may pretend this is how it ends gone again gone again so 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 tell me a lie and say you'll miss me when i'm gone [chorus] 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