Leave The Atmosphere

from The First Man On Mars by Kenny Hoffman

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Every season we say,
The weather's getting weird in some way,
But to me it's always the same.

I left a message that read,
The phone is off the hook, but the line's dead,
But I won't stay if I don't want to stay.

I know it seems egregious,
And I know that you don't want me to leave,
But I know that I must do this,
For the Red Planet is beckoning me,
I should have told you this,
Before we settled down in Jersey,
But I know I must pursue this,
My career is most important to me,
I'm on my knee's and begging,
For you to wait a few years for me,
To come home from my journey,
A better man than I used to be,
Cause outer space will change me,
The emptiness and the gravity,
Will knock me off my feet and,
Make me a better person than I used to be.

You said, "Don't ever leave, don't ever leave,
Don't ever leave, don't ever leave the atmosphere.
Don't leave your wife and kids,
And take a rocket ship out of here."

You were my could have been, my would have been,
My should have been, I should have been there for you,
Now you're a battle scar,
And the salt in my wounds.

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from The First Man On Mars, released August 30, 2013

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