I don't wanna be a doctor
I don't wanna be a lawyer
I don't wanna be a working man
Yeah, I just wanna be an instrument

I don't wanna be Jesus
I don't wanna behave
I don't wanna be a good consumer
Yeah, I don't wanna be a slave

I just wanna be a space cadet
Just me and my old man
We'll fly around solving mysteries
Doing the best we can

And then one day when he's older
I'll get the keys to the ship
And then I'll fly it around and around and around
Until the end of the trip

I don't wanna be a mad man
I don't wanna be sick
I don't wanna be medicated
I don't wanna be tricked

And I don't wanna be Jesus
I don't wanna be saved
I don't wanna be a good consumer
Yeah, I don't wanna be a slave

Yeah, I just wanna be a space cadet
Just me and my old man
We'll fly around solving mysteries
Doing the best we can

And then one day when he's older
I'll get the keys to the ship
And then I'll fly it around and around and around
Until the end of the trip

Yeah, I just wanna be a space cadet
Yeah, I just wanna be a space cadet

Oh
But I'm just done here on earth
Looking up at the stars
And I wanna shoot further
Than a man on Mars

And I wanna roll further
Than a rolling stone
And when my death comes knocking
I'm gonna be alone