my daddy was an astronaut that s what i was often taught my daddy went away too soon now he s living on the moon hang on to me people we re going down down among the fishes in an absence of sound it s the presence of distance and it s floating in time it s lack and it s longing and it s not very kind sitting here scratching in this rented room scratching and atapping to the man in the moon about all the things that i ve been taught my daddy was an astronaut