Life On Mars? (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 18th July, 2002)

by David Bowie

Lyrics : David Bowie
Music : David Bowie
Producer : David Bowie/Ken Scott
Very good evening to you all
Hi, how are you?
Very very good to be back in Montreux
Old stomping ground
Old stomping ground for old man
Old man sing old song
It's a god-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
And her mummy is yelling "no"
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
As she walks through her 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 lived it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
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
It's the best-selling show
Is there life on Mars?
It's on America's tortured brow
Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
And the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in 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
For I wrote it ten times or 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
It's the best-selling show
Is there life on Mars?
Ta
Thank you so much
Mike Garson on keyboards
Lead Vocals : David Bowie
Acoustic Guitar : David Bowie/Mark Plati
Backing Vocals : Catherine Russell/Mark Plati
Keyboard : Catherine Russell/Mike Garson
Drums : Sterling Campbell
口琴 : David Bowie
Clarinet : Gail Ann Dorsey
声音工程师 : David Richards
Supervisor : Claude Nobs/Thierry Amsallem
Mastering Engineer : John Webber
Bass Guitar : Gail Ann Dorsey/Mark Plati