Astronaut Lyrics

[Verse 1]
(You ain't no astronaut) but we've been out there in orbit
And walked further than the moon ain't we?

(Ain't we?)
Ten to one if you found a dude
Straighten you as good as me
Wouldn't be no more angel than me anyway

[Interlude]
Ain't gon' pull no train on you
No freight train anyway
Maybe one or two after the surprisee

He's first cause it's his party
First as far as they'll know anyway
Anyhow it look like rain tonight anyway

Come on
Come on

[Verse 2]
(You're actually going somewhere?)
Look out for a Double D
She lying I'm tellin' ya, who you gonna believe her or me?
(Besides I love you)
You ain't no astronaut but we've been out there in orbit
And walked further than the moon ain't we? (Ain't we?)
Who wants to be full of regrets when old father time taps
Life don't give no green stamps
(Ten to one if you found a dude)
That could straighten you as good as me
Wouldn't be no more angel than me anyway
Yeah we've been out there in orbit
And walked further than the Moon ain't we? Ain't We?
Just between you and me, you and me, you and me
You and me, you and me, you...

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Genius Annotation

Lord Quas reinterprets Melvin Van Peebles' “You Ain’t No Astronaut” over music from John Dankworth’s “Return From The Ashes”.

Originally released on the Astronaut EP in 2002.

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Release Date
June 18, 2013
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