Liv på Mars? [Life On Mars?] [English translation]

It's gray, it's late and quiet

For a girl who no one has kissed

Since a dawn long ago

No one knows when it will happen again

Now she walks through the city, stops

And buys a ticket, a blue one

To the land where dreams come to life

The lights in the theater go out

But that movie is slow and boring

Like it was the last time she saw it

She knows every scene by heart

Sees the heroine kissing her...

Hero, the tears running

Freezing in a wordless final image

Such a terrible movie

She walks through the city

Looks up towards outer space

The row of lights from pale stars

Standing high over dark houses

Is there life on Mars?

And from a kaleidoscope of oblivion

Completely without longing and lonely crying

She walks slowly, so slowly home

To her everyday life, nine to five

Like one figure among many more

But will there never be something more

Something really sweet and kind

Like in the dream that was shown tonight?

But that movie is slow and boring

Like it was the last time she saw it

She knows every scene by heart

Sees the heroine kissing her...

Hero, the tears running

Freezing in a wordless final image

Such a terrible movie

She walks through the city

Looks up towards space

The row of lights from pale stars

Standing high over dark houses

Is there life on Mars?

• Artist:Frida (Sweden)
• Album:Frida Ensam (1975)