Come in Houston
Are you still receiving my call
I'm still in one place in outer space
And it feels like im bound to fall

Can you tell me what day it is
Because I don't have a clue
It's hard to tell the night time and the day
When the world below me looks so blue

Come in Houston, tell me, do you read
Because I feel so alone indeed
There have been no UFOs to come my way
In fact its just an ordinary day
Come in Houston tell me do you read

I'm getting closer, yes I see it now
If my parents were here with me
They'd tell me that theyre proud
And they would ask me how I did it
But its not what it seems
Playing in a cardboard box
Filled with hopes and dreams


This is Houston we can read you
And we'll do everything we can
To shed some light on you
And put your feet back on land

With a little help from Mothership
I think you'll be just fine
You must be famished from your journey
Its nearly dinnertime

I'm getting closer, yes I see it now
If my parents were here with me
They'd tell me that they're proud
And they would ask me how I did it
But its not what it seems
Playing in a cardboard box
Filled with hopes and dreams


An astronaut is stranded in space trying to reach out to Houston space center. He is remembering his childhood days playing astronaut in a cardboard box. He remembers his parents playing along with him at that age. His father would respond as Houston and send the mothership, the boys mother, to "rescue" him. All the while looking at Earth which is so close and yet still so far.