Life on Mars

It's a God-awful small affair

To the girl with the mousy hair

But her mommy is yellin', no

And her daddy has told her to go

But her friend is nowhere to be seen

Now she walks through a sunken dream

To the seat with the clearest view

And she's hooked to the silver screen

But the film is a saddening bore

'Cause she's seen it ten times or more

She could spit in the eyes of fools

As they ask her to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall

Oh man, look at those cavemen go

It's the freakiest show

Take a look at the lawman

Beating up the wrong guy

Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know

He's on the best selling show

Is there a life on Mars

It's on America's tortured brow

That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow

Now, the workers have struck for fame

'Cause linen's on sale again

See the mice with their million hordes

From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads

Rule Britannia is out of bounds

To my mother, my dog, and clowns

But the film is a saddening bore

'Cause she writ it ten times and more

It's about to be writ again

As I ask you to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall

Oh man, look at those cavemen go

It's the freakiest show

Take a look at the lawman

Beating up the wrong guy

Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know

He's on the best selling show

Is there a life on Mars?

Is there life on Mars?