Raise the bottle to the long-gone space cadetnHe's resting himself therenIn the bottom of a glass boatnnSweet William, in the valley of the rocket shipnWhen the booster's blasting offnDon't you listen, don't worrynnAll the air in the long-gone atmospherenDraws the strangest colored lightsnAnd the sun, she goes darkly nownnOh, the starlight/sunlight, when you dienIs so pretty in the skynIn the belly of the glass boatnnTake good care of yourselfnI wish you wellnDarling William, when you're lonelynThink of us back on EarthnnAnd I will dig my holenEvery time I think I can hear younSomewhere out in the dark