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, 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, 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 five 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