The Astronauts Whale

Vincent the whale lived with his family at sea

With his mother, his father, and his pet sea star named Lee
And life underwater was as easy as it came
Everyone lived happily not a reason to complain
But Vincent was different; he didnt seem to agree
This submarine lifestyle was too boring and plain
On top of it all while his friends would have fun
Vincent would dream of life under the sun
And this wandering mind would cause others to stare
Cause they thought he was crazy and too far out there
He was bullied by swordfish and ignored by the goldfish
Harassed by the jellyfish and needled by the blowfish
He was often left out from his tail to his spout
Even laughed at and splashed at and whispered about
Until one day a creature who hed never seen
Got caught in his mouth, in the strings of baleen
The creature it seemed was a man in a suit
With fluffy white pants, a glass helmet, and boots
The man, through the glass, said, Help me Im caught!
Im not your fish food; Im a lost astronaut!
So Vincent replied, Oh, I couldnt harm a fly!
Im as gentle as June, Im as peaceful as pie
But the astronaut, in fear, turned and wiggled and tossed
He was floss for a whale and so terribly lost
But just then out of the blue floated a piece of driftwood
And the man in the suit did what any man would
He pulled and he screamed to escape from the mouth
Of Vincent the whale, who was as mean as a mouse
But as he broke loose to swim away and hide
The man saw the sadness from poor Vincents eyes
So he stopped and he turned to ask, Why are you down?
You live in the most beautiful of all places around!
But Vincent just shrugged and said, You wouldnt understand,
I just need a hole to stick my head in the sand.
Well the astronaut paused and thought of what he could do
To make Vincent feel better and turn his grey sky to blue
First things first, said the man in the suit
What is your name and how do you do?
Vincent replied and politely gave him his name
And said he liked stars and planets and planes

The astronaut smiled, and said, Well, my name is Augie

And I would shake your hand but my gloves are so soggy
Then Vincent replied, Well, Id shake but I cant
Cause you see Im whale, I have fins and not hands!
Augie said, Fine, we can skip that part,
And go back to talking about the planets and stars
Cause wouldnt you believe, I like the same sort of thing?
I like the sun and the moon and everything in between!
Right off the bat, as if written in stone
Vincent and Augie were friends to the bone
They talked about space and the moon and the sun
And the comets and planets and far away fun
Then Vincent sat silent and sad so it seemed
He thought none of this was real; it was only a dream
Im stuck down here with this lousy seaweed
With the lobsters and crabs and not a single green tree
So Augie said, Vincent! Lets get out of this place!
You can come along with me, well hang out in space!
But how would we get there, you know I cant fly?
My rocket of course, its our horse of the sky!
Itll take us all over to any place we want to go
To Jupiter or Mars or as far as Pluto
We can spacewalk and moonwalk and tumble and twirl
We can drift through the waves of the Milky Ways swirl!
Just then Vincent smiled and said, Please, say no more!
Just show me the way to your space shuttles door!
And theres one other problem, say how will I fit?
Augie said, Simple, Ill tow you on this trip
Then once were in space, there everyone floats
Like here on the water, big ships and small boats
So as soon as they found Augies lost rocket ship
They were off into space as Vince floundered and flipped
And when they arrived Vincent couldnt believe
His excitement inside he thought he never would leave
For months and for days they floated and flew
Through the bright stratosphere above the earth so blue
They saw asteroids and meteors and UFOs too
They traveled to planets with nine different moons
And Vincent was happy as time went by
But each day became harder and harder to unwind
The excitement he had when he first arrived in space
Was slowly subsiding as he got used to the place

And he realized that something inside him felt wrong

But he couldnt understand what didnt belong
So one day while surfing the stars in the sky
Vincent asked Augie if he knew the reason why
And Augie thought
Homesickness! said Augie; he knew it for sure
And he told his friend Vincent of the very best cure
Though this fun out in space could go on forever and ever
Life and family at home is a one time only endeavor
And after listening and remembering the deep ocean blue
Vincent soon realized something he needed to do
He had to return to his life under the sea
To the ones who he loved like his pet sea star named Lee
Cause life out in space wasnt made for a whale
He was built for the sea with his fins, spout, and tail
So Vincent and Augie shuttled out of the black
They left without warning, without looking back
And when they returned to the ocean so blue
Vincent discovered what was honest and true
And he blew and he blew through his blowhole up top
His happiness grew and his love would not stop
He kissed his poor mother who was sad since hed left
She hadnt stopped crying each day she had wept
And his father was glad that his son was okay
He worried and worried while Vincent was away
And Vincent remembered everything he loved
He belonged here he knew it, he fit like a glove
This is where I truly belong
This is where I truly belong
And while watching young Vincent discover his fate
Augie was thinking of how he too couldnt wait
To get back to his home and his beautiful wife
To breathe the wild air and live a land mammals life
So quickly he said his goodbyes and farewells
And Vincent helped Augie find a boat with big sails
It wont be long till we both meet again
For this new friendship of ours is far from its end
And now that we know where we each belong
We will visit and share and sing faraway songs
And remember our times exploring deep outer space
And know that home is the most wonderful place

Where love never wanders or suddenly strays

Forever its with you, it wont go away
And Vincent stayed happy and Augie the same
They were both back at home in the place they were made
Ill never ever leave young Vincent believed
Vacation at times, but my home is the sea
Ill never ever leave, now Vincent believed
Im where I belong; my home is the sea.