Turning your toys like an astronaut
Hoping they won’t float away
Curling your hair in your fingertips
Lips working out what you’re trying to say

Tearing out pages and slapping the keys
With a frown that reminds me of me
Falling in mirrors and kissing our cheek
I could think that you know what that means

I’ve seen it in pictures and read all the books
I’ll admit I could never believe
How wonderful this place could look from so high
Space Baby
Space Gracie

Lighting your eyes like two thieves round the fire
With a joke that’s years away
Smile to one side like your mother’s and mine
At the games we’re learning to play

It’s getting so late, but one day you won’t need me
To hold you and help you find sleep
Chin to the light and leaves on your spacesuit
You’re braver than I’ll ever be

I’ve seen it in pictures and read all the books
I’ll admit I could never believe
How wonderful this place could look from so high
Space Baby
Space Gracie

Gliding the floor and your cheek round the door
When we sound like we’re further away
Maybe you’re older, grown up and bolder
Still feeling the love from today

Mission control, we’ve run our own tests
For the strongest of winds that we’ve seen
Swimming through starlight and crashing to earth
The trick’s learning to fly in between

I’ve seen it in pictures and read all the books
I’ll admit I could never believe
How wandering footsteps could figure out life
How one little goblin could learn how to fly
How wonderful this place could look from so high
Space Baby
Space Gracie