its lonely in the universe sitting looking up from planet earth its funny how the world goes round even when its turned upside down i often think of michael collins sitting in columbia i wonder if anyone on earth was ever lonelier staring out into the darkness circling the moon alone counting stars a quarter of a million miles from home things on earth seem commonplace but they look beautiful from outer space on the far side of the moon the minutes quietly ticking by looking through old photographs and listening to patsy cline always hoping for the best but in his heart he fears the worst knowing theres a chance that hell return alone to earth and when you see things from a distance then you see things as they are cause the world looks very different when you see it from that far i just wish we didnt have to go so far to see the world from the stars and when you see things from a distance then you see things as they are cause the world looks very different when you see it from that far when you look at it from space its such a fragile place and i just wish we didnt have to go so far to see the world from the stars