Life on Mars? é uma música do artista britânico David Bowie, originalmente lançada no álbum Hunky Dory em dezembro de 1971 e como single em 1973. A música apresenta uma progressão de acordes complexa e demonstra a habilidade de Bowie tanto como compositor quanto como letrista. A letra reflete o sentimento de alienação e desilusão da juventude da época, oferecendo uma perspectiva crítica sobre a mídia e a sociedade contemporânea. Ela também é conh ... Ver mais [+] ecida por sua produção cinematográfica e arranjo orquestral, que contribuem para sua atmosfera dramática.
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D#m/Eb It's a god-awful small affair
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To the girl with the mousy hair
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But her mummy is yelling "No"
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And her daddy has told her to go
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Now she walks through her sunken dream.
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To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen
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But the film is a saddening bore
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For she's lived it ten times or more
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She could spit in the eyes of fools
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Sailors fighting in the dance hall
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It's the freakiest show
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Take a look at the lawman
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He's in the best selling show
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Is there life on Mars?
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D#m/Eb It's on Amerika's tortured brow
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That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
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Now the workers have struck for fame
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From Ibeza to the norfolk broads
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Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns