Natalie Merchantco-founded and fronted the successful band 10,000 Maniacsin 1981, but left the band in 1993 and started a successful solo career. Merchant plays the piano, produces and writes many of her songs. Her debut solo album (1995) had three top-40 singles: ' Carnival', ' Jealousy' and ' Wonder'. This was followed in 1998 with her second solo album , and her third in 2001 with . Merchant has sung alongside Tracy Chapman, Michael Stipe, David Byrneand Peter Gabriel.
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Space Oddity Lyrics

Natalie Merchant

Space oddity
Ground control to major tom
Ground control to major tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground control to major tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may gods love be with you
(spoken)
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, liftoff
This is ground control to major tom
Youve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is major tom to ground control
Im stepping through the door
And Im floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do
Though Im past one hundred thousand miles
Im feeling very still and I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
Ground control to major tom
Your circuits dead, theres something wrong
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you....
Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do.