Living in a bedsit   Close to the world's end,   Sitting in his y-fronts   Sponging off his girlfriend Ca-arey   She says life's right there babe   Should be getting on with it   (?) better tell her that you've all but squandered it   It's silly      And his relatives all think that it's a shame (a shame)   And they'd say that it was a mystery if his Dad wasn't exactly the same   The same      He's been a space cadet for years   Says one day he'll be an astronaut   Floating in the hemisphere   And looking down on Hampton Court   But he's always late   And knows one day he'll graduate   Then he'll be floating in the ozone   High above the empire   High above the empire   State state state    He's living in a   State state state    He's in a proper   State state state    They've got him in a   State state state       Sofa surfer, likes a little gamble   A few dodgy debts that he says he can handle   Maybe   Never not (?)   Stays in most nights   Jostling to pixelated princesses on websites   Frantically      And his family all say that it's a waste (a waste)   And they wash their mouths out with self-righteousness   To hide the bitter taste   The taste      He's been a space cadet for years   Says one day he'll be an astronaut   Floating in the hemisphere   And looking down on Hampton Court   But he's always late   And knows one day he'll graduate   Then he'll be floating in the ozone   High above the empire   High above the empire      Carey's love is cold and congealed   Like last night's take-away   And she feels   She might have to do some kind   Of midnight flit   All there is to say has been said   And as the sky's turning pink   She leaves her keys by the sink   And takes one last look at our hero's face      He's been a space cadet for years   Says one day he'll be an astronaut   Floating in the hemisphere   And looking down on Hampton Court   But he's always late   And knows one day he'll graduate   Then he'll be floating in the ozone   High above the empire   High above the empire   High above the empire state      Oh oh la la la la   x3      Now life goes on   It will be played out   But something's s'posed to happen man before the fade out   x 3   Before the fade out x 5