(P. Kennison) It's getting hard to breathe As oxygen depletes Orbiting above What goes up must come down Floating through the air Or crashing to the ground No one hears me scream Cannot rescue me Counting down four, three, two, one Gravity killed the spaceman Reality took my life While drowning in your tears I'm holding on for life The television airs Will this man survive A cosmonaut his radio and radar disappeared A hundred thousand miles and still Counting down four, three, two, one Gravity killed the spaceman Reality took my life Gravity killed the spaceman Oh reality took my Someone tell my wife Earth below us drifting falling Floating weightless Calling, calling home Planet earth is blue There's nothing I can do Can you hear me Major Tom? May God's love be with you Gravity killed the spaceman Reality took my life Gravity killed the spaceman Oh, reality took my Someone tell my wife