Artist: Elton John Album: Empty Sky Song: Rocket Man Year: 1972 Top Chart Position: #6

She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them if you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man, a rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long long time...

Rocketman, like Cat’s In The Cradle, is a song about a father and a husband who feels that he spends too much time flying around for his job, and not enough time with his wife and children. However, unlike Cat’s In The Cradle, Rocketman is a much smaller and more focused song. It does not reflect what happens years afterwards, when the children grow up just like their father.