"Veteran Cosmic Rocker" is a 1981 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas. "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" first appeared as the final track of The Moody Blues 1981 album Long Distance Voyager, and was later released in November 1981 on the B-Side of "Talking Out of Turn." "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" is the third and final song in a suite that concludes Long Distance Voyager.