Michael Collins - The Boy Least Likely To, Peter Hobbs, Jof Owen

It’s lonely in

The universe

Sitting, looking up

From planet Earth

It’s funny how

The world goes round

Even when it’s turned

Upside down

I often think of Michael Collins sitting in Columbia

I wonder if anyone on Earth was ever lonelier

Staring out into the darkness, circling the moon alone

Counting stars, a quarter of a million miles from home

Things on Earth

Seem commonplace

But they look beautiful

From outer space

On the far side of the moon, the minutes quietly ticking by

Looking through old photographs and listening to Patsy Cline

Always hoping for the best, but in his heart, he fears the worst

Knowing there’s a chance that he’ll return alone to Earth

And when you see things

From a distance

Then you see things

As they are

'cause the world looks

Very different

When you see it

From that far

I just wish we

Didn’t have to

Go so far

To see the world from the stars

And when you see things

From a distance

Then you see things

As they are

'cause the world looks

Very different

When you see it

From that far

When you look at it from space, it’s such a fragile place

And I just wish we

Didn’t have to

Go so far

To see the world from the stars