Living on Mars

Words and music copyright ©1991 by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. If my eyes don’t focus, if my clothes aren’t trendy

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If there’s different months on all my calendars

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If I seem pale, or strange, or unfriendly

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Excuse me, I’ve been living on Mars.

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2. Sorry, I don’t know the local customs

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I laugh in your churches, I sigh in your bars

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This world’s like a TV that needs adjusting

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Excuse me, I’ve been living on Mars.

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Bridge: Hey, this planet’s too warm, and all the earthlings laugh at me

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When your thick, gooey air makes me pant.

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I feel so heavy! – You’ve got too much gravity!

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And the life forms here think they’re so advanced.

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3. I just haven’t figured out how to cope yet

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I keep flunking out of self-help seminars

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It’s just too hard to be appropriate

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Excuse me, I’ve been living on Mars.

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Excuse me, I’ve been living on Mars.