he s the apprentice of the rocket man it came to him in a dream he s the apprentice of the rocket man there he ll be tidy cook clean see him out late at night all drunk up in the street conversations with that blue moon one day my love we meet he s the apprentice of the rocket man it came to him in a dream he s the apprentice of the rocket man there he ll be tidy cook clean some say he s a mad man who fell to his own defeat some say he s got no one but the moon at his feet he s the apprentice of the rocket man it came to him in a dream he s the apprentice of the rocket man there he ll be tidy cook clean