It's a God awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair...
....
But the film is a saddening bore
Cause she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
Cause they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cave men go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
*Interpretation: they ask her to focus on all the fighting on the news
Look at those cave men go, fighting wars
Don't they realize that the Martians are watching us?
Don't they realize that the spacemen on other planets are watching us?
*What the Martians are actually thinking: they're really shaking their heads, thinking, oh, they're in a difficult phase. Early Industrial. Such a difficult phase.
They understand.
It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
*Interpretation: Mickey Mouse has grown up to be a cash cow, a Capitalist
And then we return to the sailors fighting in the dance hall for the finale of the song
But wait! There's more!
Because the very next song on the album is the sweet and loving Kooks, written by Bowie to his son
*Interpretation: they are sailors fighting in the dance hall
Come and be peaceful kooks with me instead!
Well, that's it!
Whadda ya think?
Feel free to interpret the songs your way!
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson