Rocket's Tail

That November night looking up into the sky

You said

Hey wish that was me up there

It's the biggest rocket I could find

And it's holding the night in its arms

If only for a moment

I can't see the look in its eyes

But I'm sure it must be laughing

But it seemed to me the saddest thing I'd ever seen

And I thought you were crazy wishing such a thing

I saw only a stick on fire

Alone on its journey

Home to the quickening ground

With no one there to catch it

I put on my pointed hat

And my black and silver suit

And I check my gunpowder pack

And I strap the stick on my back

And dressed as a rocket on Waterloo Bridge

Nobody seems to see me

Then with the fuse in my hand

And now shooting into the night

And still as a rocket

I land in the river

Was it me said you were crazy

I put on my cloudiest suit

Size 5 lightning boots too

'Cause I am a rocket

On fire

Look at me go with my tail on fire

With my tail on fire

On fire

Hey look at me go look at me