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Living On Mars

by Shortwave

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1.
Getting Late 05:00
Sitting in the window watching the traffic rolling by Keeps on rolling by And as I sit and stare, my thoughts stray to you Just like they always do Does he do it cause it's funny, does he do it cause it's right See in the end it's only wasted light Does he find it hard to tell you, does he find it in himself Say in the end well you'll be sitting on a fence I might be the reason, let me be the rhyme Just sing along now honey in your own sense of time I find it hard to tell you I find it hard to take Look around now It's getting late Truly I believe that there is more to say But I find words get in the way Now truly babe I think that you're too blind to see Maybe that's just me Does he do it cause it's funny, does he do it cause it's right See in the end it's only wasted light Does he find it hard to tell you, does he find it in himself Say in the end well you'll be sitting on a fence Now I might be the reason, let me be the rhyme Just sing along now honey in your own sense of time I find it hard to tell you I find it hard to take Look around now It's getting late (solos) Does he do it cause it's funny, does he do it cause it's right See in the end it's only wasted light Does he find it hard to tell you, does he find it in himself To say in the end well you'll be sitting on a fence Now I might be the reason, let me be the rhyme Just sing along now honey in your own sense of time I find it hard to tell you I find it hard to take Look around now It's getting late Oh baby Oh here we go now I say
2.
The Viper 05:34
In the desert of the south lands Where the mountains touch the sky All hell well it surrounds us We're only mortals born to die Can't you see her with your eyes now Can't you see her with your mind Oh the viper she rules all And she spoils all that is divine And the viper she calls The viper she hisses and holds her breath Vengeance is second best Poison is all that she holds true And it's all she'll give to you All have seen the viper All have glimpsed her emerald eyes And many think that they have mastered her But they believe in only lies See for the viper she is no fool Oh no she plays now with the mind Don't you fall for her cheap tricks You know she turns good men blind And the viper she calls Anger, hatred, lust and jealousy They mean so much to me No don't you believe her lies She's the devil in disguise The viper she calls Oh no but don't you hear the sound She'll send you to the ground
3.
Juliet 03:37
Oh how you love one another Sad you must kiss under cover Twisting spirals of every colour Lock and link on one another Two lovers meet as Juliet and Juliet And there's no balcony or Romeo around But baby darling oh now lift your feet off from the ground And fly around my babe cause you're free Or so you seem to me Kicked out of house and home For feelings beyond your control Oh what a sick sad society we still live in Has the power to turn one 'gainst ones kin Two lovers meet as Juliet and Juliet And there's no balcony or Romeo around But baby darling oh now lift your feet off from the ground And fly around my babe cause you're free Or so you seem to me
4.
Searching 03:05
Everybody's looking for just what they cannot find See the thing is that they've held it, all this time So don't you go a looking for what you already own Else you just might find yourself, said you just might find That you're running over my place wearing that same old lying face You can't check it, I can see it good Wondering where you gonna go On that pretty white river you'll row Dreaming of the city when you're drowning in the mud And you can have it all If you only crawl But if you take your time Well they'll cut you down Oh believe me when I say they're gonna get you down Look at all the lonely people Searching for today Look at them all a looking Looking their lives away So don't you go a looking for what you already own Or you might just find yourself, said you just might find That you're running over my place wearing that same old lying face You can't check it, I can see it good Wondering where you gonna go On that pretty white river you'll row Dreaming of the city when you're drowning in the mud And you can have it all If you only crawl But if you stand your ground Well they'll cut you down Oh believe me when I say they're gonna get you down So you better offer up Offer up some resistance
5.
Viking 05:00
Said we come from a land of ice Where the seas they blow and moan And we will come across the seas To take... All that we will own Rumours of a new land With bold cities of gold On and on and on we sail To where those winds blow cold Forward unto dawn And our eyes might yet see morn Onward now we sail To where the west wind wails We parted on the land On that isle of salt and sand Now here amongst the blue My love how I dream of you Banished from our homelands For crimes against the creed We dream of all the wealth we'll gain Driven only by our greed Oceans we will cross The silver isle is lost On and on we only go Success whatever the cost Forward unto dawn And our eyes might yet see morn A silver splits the blue My love how I dream of you (Hey) Said we come from a land of ice Where the seas they blow and moan And we will come across the seas To take... All that we will own And how I wish We could sail on home Oh how I wish we could sail on home
6.
Tell me what I'm doing here Cause I don't really know They just gave me this guitar And told me to get ready for the show And I don't really know you Heaven knows I'd like to I'm just here to satisfy my soul Am I so wrong? So tell me what you're doing here Not exactly your scene So forgive me baby yeah If I don't ask you where you've been And I don't really know you Heaven knows I'd like to But I'm just here to satisfy my soul Am I so wrong? And I don't really know you Heaven knows I'd like to But I'm just here to satisfy my soul Am I so wrong? And I don't really know you Heaven knows I'd like to But I'm just here to satisfy my soul Am I so wrong?
7.
So won't you tell me what it's like up there Oh with your head stuck way up in the air You've got all these plans of things you never gonna do And I think it's time somebody they told you Well there's just one problem Well of how you gonna hear When you're up there And I'm only down here I don't think that you really realise Oh no but baby It's as clear as the day there in your eyes Cause you're livin' on mars Or else you're way up in them fancy little stars Said you're livin' on mars Don't get me wrong though It's not that you have dreams No it's more that you're livin' in them And the sirens well they don't scream Oh you just keep carrying on Through all those lies Blaming everybody else for all of the goodbyes And I'm so sorry See it's only what you do And right now i'm the only hand That's out to help you But don't you hear In the words I say Oh no cause baby You ain't with the livin' on earth I said oh no no no not today No you're livin' on mars Or else you're way up in them fancy little stars Said you're livin. on mars You don't hear the words I say My baby darling no So now at last I said you finally realise That everything you've done well it's been only a pack of lies Oh yes here at last I said you finally see What it truly was that you really meant to me Oh don't you go a making Yourself mad No it's only you really knows What it was that you had And don't you worry There's so very many more like you You see what's worse Is that so many of them mean it too Oh yeah they do I said I said you've livin' on mars Else you're way up in them fancy little stars I said you're livin' on mars I said oh you must be livin' on Oh you must be a livin' on I said B-b-b-b-b-baby!!!!!!!! You must be a livin' on mars!

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Recordings of some of the work so far. All 7 tracks recorded in 16 hours at the Moonbase in Coventry. Many thanks to John for his work on them and patience with us

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released July 12, 2017

All music by Shortwave
All lyrics by Ian Larsson

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Shortwave Royal Leamington Spa, UK

4 piece rock band based in Leamington Spa. Current members are: Ian Larsson (guitar and vocals), Charlie Mathews (guitar and backing vocals), Freddie Larkins (drums) and Joe Blake (bass). Previous bassist Oscar North-Concar has spent the year in Japan but should be returning soon ... more

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