AstroCappella: Wolf 359
Music and Lyrics by John Meyer
Hey man, whatcha doin' today I'm gettin' in my rocket and I'm flyin' away This planet Earth is much too small for me So I'm headin' to the stars to see what's there for me To the stars ooo ooo I'm flyin' away To the stars ooo ooo I'm leavin' today ooo ooo ooo The first star from Earth is our big yellow Sun At ninety three million miles it is the closest one And at 6000 K it's pretty hot stuff But this just won't do, it's not quite far enough To the stars ooo ooo I'm not gonna stay To the stars ooo ooo I'm flyin' further away ooo ooo ooo It's Alpha Centauri that's the next one I see And at 4.3 light years it's a system of three We think one of those stars is just like our Sun But maybe someone lives there, hey, that might be fun! To the stars ooo ooo I'm not gonna stay To the stars ooo ooo I'm flyin' further away ooo ooo ooo As I speed in my craft and I'm shifting my gears I see Barnard's Star out here at six light years It's a dim red dwarf, though not its claim of worth It's the fastest star we know and it's moving toward Earth To the stars ooo ooo I'm not gonna stay To the stars ooo ooo I'm flyin' further away ooo ooo ooo The next star out on this trek of mine Is another red dwarf - Wolf 359 It's extremely dim and it's not very hot It's also nice and small, I think I've found my spot It's a comfortable orbit I'm in I'll make like a planet and spin I'm glad I finally found this place Now I have my own time and space Now I have my own time and space ooo ooo ooo