A Parody Mashup of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds and David Bowie’s Life on Mars.
Cm G7 G7 Cm x 2 Bb Cm The chances of anything flying on Mars, G# Cm were a milion to one they said Bb Cm But look what they’ve done. G Dm The gravity that’s on mars E7 Am is just two thirds that of ours, Am D Anything that goes up too fast, G Is sure to have flown its last. G Dm And you need some atmosphere E7 Am If your hoping the ground to clear, Am D Air on Mars is very thin, Bb It’s hard to even begin Bb Gm Only one percent that of here G# Eb Not much use for flying I fear. G7 Cm But those NASA foks they are Smart, Ebm When it comes to the flying art It was two thousand and forteen, When JPL had a dream, That the rover could have a drone, A pet of it’s very own, The mars helicopter scout, Would take off and fly about, It was launched a year ago, But this week put on a show, With a small piece from the brothers wright, It flew on the planet last night Another step on the planet Mars, In our journey to farther stars.