Ten-Thousand Light-Years - Jonathan Young

Wish I had met that girl

Before I signed my life away off-world

When I didn’t have a reason to be alive

Now she’s so far from me

Stuck on Alpha Centauri

And I’m out here with a broken hyperdrive

I’m a lost and lonely outlaw

Sailing on the starry sea

I would sell my sorry soul

To bring my baby back to me

10,000 light years away

She’s my guiding star after every hurricane

She’s like the sun’s shining rays

Even from so far, pulling on my heart

Her gravity remains

If I could turn back time

To when I could hold her hand in mine

I would find some excuse just not to leave

Five years since I’ve left port

And I’m running low on life support

Yeah, but that’s not the reason I can’t breathe

It’s a lonely night in hell

Above this broken privateer

I would brave a hundred thousand more

To taste her atmosphere

10,000 light years away

She’s my guiding star after every hurricane

She’s like the sun’s shining rays

Even from so far, pulling on my heart

Her gravity remains

10,000 light years away

She’s my guiding star after every hurricane

She’s like the sun’s shining rays

Even from so far, pulling on my heart

Her gravity remains