she s taking her time making up the reasons to justify all the hurt inside guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes everyone s got a theory about the bitter one they re saying mama never loved her much and daddy never keeps in touch that s why she shies away from human affection but somewhere in a private place she packs her bags for outer space and now she s waiting for the right kind of pilot to come (and she ll say to him) she s saying (chorus) i would fly you to the moon and back if you ll be, if you ll be my baby got a ticket for a world where we belong so, would you be my baby? ooh-ooh she can t remember a time when she felt needed if love was red then she was color-blind all her friends they ve been trialed for treason and crimes that were never defined but she s saying love is like a barren place and reaching out for human faith is like a journey i just don t have a map for so baby gonna take a dive and push the shift to overdrive send a signal that she s hanging all her hopes on the stars (what a pleasant dream) just saying i would fly you to the moon and back if you ll be, if you ll be my baby got a ticket for a world where we belong so, would you be my baby? [instrumental] mama never loved her much and daddy never keeps in touch that s why she shies away from human affection but somewhere in a private place she packs her bags for outer space and now she s waiting for the right kind of pilot to come (and she ll say to him) she s saying (repeat chorus) yeah [instrumental]