Martians (2006)
1 MARTIANS
2 SPACE 'ZINE
3 GEEK BOY
4 SUPERNOVA (Liz Lysinger)
5 ZERO G (Liz Lysinger)
6 COSMIC RAIN
7 PLANET JACK
8 YURI GAGARIN (World Space Party)
9 RESOLUTION (19 tet) (dance remix)
0 ZIASPACE (Liz Lysinger)
1 MARTIANS
Martians
We can live longer days and be lighter on our feet
Gravity sucks
It's not so extreme as it may seem
Mars is the fire in many dreams
Dear fellow space travelers
We could live here
Dear fellow Earth dwellers
We could live here
We could live here free from our world affairs
Conquer our barbaric ways (Say goodbye to violent days)
Mars is calling "I am the God of War"
But we could choose to live in peace
Earthlings
Orbiting the Earth 'til we're blue in the face
Bureaucracy sucks
Nothing left behind, it will serve to remind
Butterflies on Mars and trees on the Moon
We are meant to be
Space faring
Mars is calling me
2 SPACE 'ZINE
They think I like to read about aliens They think I'm in the outer limits Just because I'm reading a space 'zine They think I'm orbiting the lunasphere They think I'm really out there Just because I'm reading a space 'zine
Chorus: Just because I dream Just because I see I can't assume that everybody else does
I'm reading about satellites I'm reading about companies I'm reading government policies I've read about the shape of the universe The vela supernova I've read about the Mars lander rover
"We stand on the shore of the cosmic ocean Riding our wisp of blue and white Like mites on a floating leaf In the whorls and the eddies of a great galactic reef" -Carl Sagan
3 GEEK BOY
You fix everything around me
Monitors and RAM, no parity
You fix everything around me
You fix everything but you break my heart
Geek Boy you break my heart
Truck runs over it, you will fix it
Microscopic wires mend it
You fix everything around me
You fix my machines but you break my heart
Geek Boy you break my heart
Never will I so freely spill my heart open again
I'm in love with a mentally unstable Geek Boy
We had a special geek thing
But you're afraid of loving
I'll set you free
Trust in me
Geek Boy, trust in me
You break my heart
Geek Boy you break my heart
6 COSMIC RAIN
In memory of David Fischer
So, here we are, suddenly torn apart
We miss you our friend
Please come back again in our dreams tonight
And we'll make time stand still
Together again, free from the world
The time that we spent was always so real
You cut through the words and spoke your mind
The truest of friends
And now our lives won't be the same
But your voice, like Cosmic Rain, is here
Your world went beyond our own
All the tales that you told
The aliens came and made us divine
It my day, your cosmic mind
The cards in my hand, I look in your eyes
The Jack of hearts, you read our minds
We won't be the same
But your voice, like Cosmic Rain, is here
Who would have thought that snapshot of your life
Would be forever immortalized today
That smile on your face lives on like Cosmic Rain
With nature again, free from the world
Your small furry friends who followed your song
Aroma you breathed, you must be divine
A sculpture of bread will always remind
Was I your true love?
My life won't be the same
But your voice, like Cosmic Rain, is here
7 PLANET JACK
Oh where oh where has my brain gone?
Planet Jack!
I was lost in space looking for a fact
I was out of place, but my brain in tact
Then I crash landed on Planet Jack
He kidnapped my brain and I don't want it back
8 YURI GAGARIN
The chimes rang out from Kremlin's Tower, ushering a new day The 12th of April '61, man ventured into space
Yuri Gagarin, you'll be our man tonight, at the World Space Party
From a schoolboy out in the pasture, to a pilot protecting the borders Days of war and misery, had liberated Yuri The closeness of the continents, essential unity of all humans What wonderful soil this would be, in which peace and friendship could seed
Yuri Gagarin, you'll be our man tonight, at the World Space Party Yuri Gagarin, you'll be our man tonight, at the World Space Party
Dear friends, compatriots, and people of all continents In a few minutes a mighty ship will carry me into the distance What can I say to you in these last moments? At this moment my life seems so condensed into one wonderful moment To be the first to endter the cosmos, to engage, single handed In an unprecedented duel with nature. Could one ask for anything more?
Yuri Gagarin, you'll be our man tonight, at the World Space Party Yuri Gagarin, you'll be our man tonight, at the World Space Party
9 RESOLUTION
I was broken down and I couldn't speak
Couldn't walk with my shaky knees
Everyday I have to be strong
'Cause everything is all wrong
The situation calls for a resolution
It's like an animal that needs to run wild again
I'm offering a stimulant
This time we'll take it to the wind
The situation calls for a resolution
You're feeling sad but you're looking good
You want it bad and I think you should
I think it's time you take a stand
You hold a mountain in your hand
You've got a ticket in your hand
a ticket to the promised land
Baby I know we have to fly
And I'll see you in the sky
All songs produced by Elaine Walker
1,3,5,6,10 engineered & co-produced by John Herrera
1,2,3,6,7,8,9 written & sung by Elaine Walker
6 co-written by Liz Lysinger
Sound design on 1 and 6 by Juno Kang
4,5,10 written & sung by Liz Lysinger
Drums on 2 by John Bonham
Some words on 2 by Carl Sagan
All songs © 2006 ZIA (ASCAP) All rights reserved