So there's water on Mars
Someone told me at the back of this bar
Handing me a Cuban cigar
There's too much going on down here
And if there's life of some kind
Haven't paid it any mind
It's just wake up and get the kids to school on time
There's too much going on down here
But we could take all we know and we love
And build us a life underground
You see they've wired up the phones
So you can call back to earth
And tell your mother that you're not turning round
And we're bound to miss the oceans
The wind and the birds and the trees
Like I'm bound to fall in love with that girl
Who's had me down on my hands and my knees
And she told me
That there's Water on Mars
As she points out the northern star
You jump the gun and take the notion too far
She's got too much going on down here
So with a song in your heart
You left your home, tore your family apart
Without the financial head-start that don't
Come to poor boys like me
Yeah but these spacemen they know how to live
And there's room for us on board
You could ask anyone who's been
They're gonna tell you with a grin
That they 'don't miss the earth anymore'
Here there's plenty good work up there too
And I'll do things you didn't think men could do
You know I'll wait in the wings
Until I've learned how to sing
And find you when you've heard the news
That there's Water on Mars