Spaceman
MC 900 Foot Jesus Lyrics

a grinning empty eyesocket moon hoists itself up into the pale evening sky and hangs there like a day old suicide
The moon rises and hangs in the sky, looking like a sad and lifeless corpse.

a stickey shower of radioactive moonbeams cascades from the tops of nearby urban structures causing indescriminate loss of limb to several innocent passers by as well as general madness all around
The moon's beams shine down on the city, causing harm and confusion to the people below.

I survey the damage from a blind alley doorway to which i have been glued for most of the day having been inadvertantly papered over by a bleary eyed bill poster sometime before dawn
The singer is stuck in a doorway and reflects on the damage the moon has caused in the city.

eventually i muster the energy to extricate myself from my predicament as it is time for me to make my apoiinted rounds of all the nearby potential sources of aluminum cans it is my sworn duty to collect all the cans in the area and convert them into us currency at a secret government installation whose location is known only to me
The artist has a responsibility to collect aluminum cans and turn them in for money at a secret government location.

later, having acquired enough money to keep myself in the lifestyle to which i am accustomed i find myself back on the street i scan the crowds until i see someone who is obviously insane and then i follow that person until they go into a building or get into a car in order to make sure that they dont do anything crazy
With his new money, the artist looks for people who may need help to prevent them from doing something crazy.

while i am engaged in this pursuit a nonstop stream of firetrucks and police cars race up and down the boulevard sirens blaring looking for invisible emergencies no one seems to notice
The singer sees emergency vehicles rushing by while people seem unaware of the invisible emergencies around them.

after a while i move on to the rest of my agenda for the evening scheduled activities inlcude a short but passionate affair with a curvaceous bottle of my favorite alcoholic beverage
The singer moves on to his next activity of drinking his favorite alcoholic beverage.

presently i find myself holding court from a bus stop on the corner of Commerce and Pearl from whence i regale the passing crowds with my perceptive insights into the nature of reality an appreciative throng hangs on my every word
The artist speaks to a crowd at a bus stop, sharing his insights about reality and garnering their appreciation.

it begins to rain but everyone is concentrating so intently on me that they are oblivious to the downpour
Although it starts to rain, the crowd is still engrossed in the artist's words and ignores the weather.

the water makes me light i begin to levitate i float up off the sidewalk and past the top of the telephone pole a thousand eyes follow me upward a big black cloud opens up and i zip through it at full tilt going faster all the time
The artist starts to float and rise into the air, traveling faster as a big black cloud opens up before him.

look at me im above the clouds the moon is laughing at me look at me the earth is getting smaller look at me im out in space look at me im a space man
The singer revels in his ability to float into space, becoming a spaceman that the moon laughs at.

look at me im a space man
The artist repeats that he is a spaceman, delighted with his new identity.