Rocket    (video)

 

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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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                               + (spoken : )  Second 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 !

 

+ CHORUS      +  E - A - B7      - A - E - A - B7

 

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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.

                                               A        - B7                                      E

    Come on, come on now, Rocket,        I'm gonna launch you soon.

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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)