The middle lane has trapped my car
In red-light claustrophobia
I slip the shackles, cut the rope
Stand naked with a telescope
As the cat walks alone
Under a big sky
Against the dark so thin and white
Gonna be a big sky night
Miss galileo, come with me
And view the new astronomy
Black hole dressing on salad plate
Quasar at the kissing gate
Now the cat, he walks alone
Under a big sky
Umbrella dome pin-pricked in lights
Gonna be a big sky night

My spectacles, my white lab coat
My coffee thermos and my notes
I pat my pockets
I got the keys
To the secrets of the observatory
And closing the door
I feel a new dawn
As the darker sides align
You to yours and me to mine

And now you stand, assisting me
I can touch what I can see, see, see
I look in wonder, I feel no shame
See the consequences of the game
Expand my universe
Head for the big bang
Reach for my switch and shout
Gonna turn the big sky out

There's got to be astronomy
Astronomy