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The Space Accountant

from Fake News and other silly songs (EP) by Chris Conway

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The Space Accountant - ©2020 Chris Conway

1. I am an astronaut
Just like my dad
He said I had the the right stuff
I think he must be mad.
After ten years on the Mars run
I wanted to fly into the sun
But recalled the number crunching fun
I had when I was a lad.

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I wish I was an accountant
Just like my Uncle Roy
I always wanted to be one
Since I was a boy.
So long you spacer deadbeats
You can keep your space fleets
My future lies in spreadsheets.
An accountant’s life for me.

2. I was sent to Space Academy
My father made me go.
Of starships and astronomy
I didn’t want to know
To wake me from the slumbers
Of eclipses and penumbras
I secretly added numbers
That made my heart beat so.

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3. So I studied back on Earth
Accountant training it was tough
But after a couple of years of it
I’d really had enough.
Get me out of this counting place
I want to rejoin the human race
Take me back to outer space
I’ve got the right stuff!

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I wish I was an astronaut
Like Dad and Aunty Jean
I've always wanted to be one
Since I was a teen
The Mars run never got me down,
It’s backwards and forwards and round and round.
But it beats accountency hands down
An astronaut's life for me!

Two years later,
Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars,

4. With both space and accounting
I had some serious doubts
Then I thought if I combined the two
The bad would cancel out
Now I do accounts on Starbase 9,
Like no aunt, or uncle, or parent of mine,
Now I count the stars in my spare time.
And I've finally found out,

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That I'm glad I'm an space accountant
Just like I happen to be.
I always wanted to be one,
Since university,
Accountants and spacer deadbeats,
Counting all the space fleets
Outer space on spreadsheets.
A space accountant’s life for me.

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from Fake News and other silly songs (EP), released January 5, 2020
Chris Conway - vocals, piano, keyboards, Irish whistles, bass, bodhran

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Think David Crosby on a journey taking in Ireland, a jazz club, and Outer Space.

"Songs of Love & Peace & Outer Space" is his slogan and that sums it up well.

He has toured with ex-Monkees Peter Tork, played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention as well as Vikki Clayton, Martin Carthy, Sally Barker, Pete Morton, Cathy Lesurf, & Tommy Emmanuel and Talvin Singh. ... more

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