A simple fear to wash you away
An open mind canceled it today
A silent song that's in your words

A different taste that's in your mind

This is the life on mars


Mary was a different girl
Had a thing for astronauts

Mary was the type of girl
She always liked to play a lot
Mary was a holy girl

Father whet her appetite
Mary was the type of girl
She always liked to fall apart


Tell me did you see her face
Tell me did you smell her taste

Tell me what's the difference
Don't they all just look the same inside?
Buddha for Mary, Here it comes


Mary was an acrobat
But still she couldn't seem to breathe

Mary was becoming everything she didn't want to be
Mary would hallucinate
And see the sky upon the wall

Mary was the type of girl
She always liked to fly


Tell me did you see her face
Tell me did you smell her taste
Tell me what's the difference

Don't they all just look the same inside?
Buddha for Mary, Here it comes
Buddha for Mary, Here it comes


This is the life on mars


He said, "Can you hear me, are you sleeping?"
She said, "Will you rape me now?"
He said, "Leave the politics to mad men"

She said, "I believe your lies"
He said, "There's a paradise beneath me"
She said, "Am I supposed to bleed?"

He said, "You better pray to Jesus"
She said, "I don't believe in god"


Mary was a different girl
Had a thing for astronauts
Mary was the type of girl

She always liked to play a lot
Mary was a holy girl
Father whet her appetite

Mary was the type of girl
She always liked to fall apart


Buddha for Mary, here it comes