Rocket
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(Spoken :
) Now this here’s the story of
Abigail Rocket Blast.
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(spoken : ) Just wanna tell you.
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1a. Well-a well-a you changed your name to
Abigail Rocket Blast,
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and
then they lined you up for a Hollywood movie cast.
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With all them big cigars and
motor cars
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you
thought you was a movie star,
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but
Abigail Blast you sure are changing fast.
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1b. When you-a you-a were just 16,
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you
were knocking at the agent's door,
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because,
because, because the silver screen
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is
what a movie queen lives for.
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They gave you minks and dreams
in pinks and greens,
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you
threw away your old blue jeans,
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but
Abigail Blast they're using you, come on, come on.
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Come on now, Rocket, I'm gonna launch you soon,
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come on now, Rocket, you're gonna
reach the moon.
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You're gonna take off soon, you're gonna reach the moon,
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you know your time will come,
I'll give you three, two, one,
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now, Rocket, I'm gonna launch you
soon.
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Verse.
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2. I saw you sitting in the soda store,
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where
all the cast off stardust falls,
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where
they write their names on the floor,
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and
hang their photographs on the walls.
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Oh, but to me you still got
sweet sixteen
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written
on your old blue jeans, I'm
getting rid of Abigail Blast,
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I'll call you Rocket forget
the past, come on, come on, come on !
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You're gonna
take off soon, you're gonna reach the moon,
A B7
you
know your time will come, I'll give you three, two, one,
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now,
Rocket, I'm gonna
launch you soon.
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Come on, come on now,
Rocket, I'm gonna
launch you soon.
A - B7 E
Come on, come on, come on now, Rocket,
we gonna reach the moon.
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Come on, come on, come on now, Rocket,
I'm gonna launch you soon.
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Well, well, Rocket, I'm gonna
launch you soon.
(Mud)