Countdown is commencing
Pretty soon I'll be saying "Goodbye earth"
A rocket ride on a bucking bronc
At seventeen-thousand miles an hour
It's only seven months to Mars
Give or take a light year or two (or three)
And I wanna (I wanna), I wanna be an astronaut
I wanna, I wanna, wanna

Starting lift-off procedures
All systems standing by over, over

Blast-off, I'm on my way, I'm a shooting star
A man on a mission
I hang with the man on the moon, I'll be there soon
A man on a mission to Mars

I headbang on the gangway
Say my prayers, cross my heart and hope to die
Open a window for the seven sisters of Pleiades
"Hello ladies", "Hello moon man"
Three hundred million miles to Mars
It doesn't seem so far away (yes it does)
And I wanna (I wanna), I wanna be an astronaut
I wanna, I wanna, wanna

Starting landing procedures
All systems standing by over, over

Blast-off, I'm on my way, I'm a shooting star
A man on a mission
I hang with the man on the moon, I'll be there soon
A man on a mission to Mars

Blast-off, I'm on my way, I'm a shooting star
A man on a mission
I hang with the man on the moon, I'll be there soon
I'm a man on a mission to Mars

Copyright: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): Dave Mustaine, Kiko Loureiro