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 Well I wonder why it is

 that we have rascals rogues and losers

 We've got roustabouts rapscallions and a bucket load of boozers

 We've got balladeers and blowhards of all sorts

 We've got poets priests and pirates

but we have no astronauts

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (x3) oh, oh, oh, oh,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (just listen to the song, it makes sense, trust me)

They say there was a space race

 if there was I think I missed it

From the earth up to the moon and back,

doesn't that take the biscuit

Well I wouldn't mind a little ride in zero gravity

 as long as they could promise I'd be home in time for tea

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 I've got me two good legs if I wanna take a trip,

I've got no use for a rocket ship

 I'll walk if you don't mind

 It's how I always get around

 I might be staring at the stars

 but I keep both feet on the ground

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

 both feet on the ground

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

 I've got both feet on the ground

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

 There's a great big giant vacuum

up there in the sky

Ah but where's the place to plug it in

 I think it's all a lie

I've heard of Halley's Comet, And I'll tell you what I think

 It's just a kind of chemical for cleaning out the sink

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We've got no use for Sputnik

 We've got sponge to go around

And you'll never see the shuttle land

 on the streets of Newlyn Town

Well in the fields of "Vatimbly" there's not a launching pad in sight

 We've got no "Mersa voyageurs" and we turned out all right

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