Sparks - I Married a Martian (High Quality)

Well, I married a Martian
And boy, am I sorry

Well, she came down from the sky
She couldn't stand the attitude there
She took human form, not bad
She seemed different
She had a European flair
And I said, "where you from?"
And she said, she said, "I'm from Mars"

I married a Martian
Her loving is different
Viva la difference
Every, every night

I married a Martian
I took her to Vegas
I dressed her in ermine
She had the time of her life

Though she called me Mister Right
I could sense something was wrong
She was hardly home at all
She'd keep telling me
She was doing studies of Earth
She had tendencies to flirt
And it really did hurt me

I married a Martian
And boy, am I sorry
I don't recommend it
To anyone in their right mind

I married a Martian
I think I see changes
I know I see changes
She doesn't look like our kind

Her arms, her legs,
Were growing and growing
Her form, once thin,
Was changing, was changing
I can't describe
The changes, so gruesome
She looked, she seemed
So Martian

I married a Martian
I'm going to Vegas
It isn't for pleasure
I'm getting a quickie divorce

I married a Martian
Boy, am I sorry
I don't recommend it
To anyone in their right mind

I married a Martian
Who was I kidding
She only had loved me
'Cause I was the first guy she saw

I married a Martian
And now it is over
Go back to your cronies
Back to your own form of life

I married a Martian
They're good in the movies
Dramatic potential
But they're not so hot in real life

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sparks
• Whomp
• That
• Sucker
• Married
• Martian
• 1981
• Ron
• Russell
• Mael

[sendhimtodetroit]

Great era; these bands were at their best in 1980 1981 & 1982 as well :

XTC (Black Sea & English Settlement), Talking Heads (Remain In Light), The Cars (OK they were better in 78 & 79, but Panorama, Shake It Up, & Rics solo record in 1982 were as good as anything at the time), Psychedelic Furs (Debut, Talk Talk Talk, Forever Now), Echo & the Bunnymen (Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here), Simple Minds (Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, New Gold Dream).

Then came MTV and it was all over

[TheJester1962]

Only if you skip the 1970s altogether...never heard of This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us ...?

[jmedia1]

Still love it... Always a great moment, when Russell is so IN it, that his voice so charmingly looses all and any 'contenance':-)!

[dannym6four]

This got alot of play in Long Beach KNAC 105.5 rock and rythm radio. I still really enjoy it i guess i havent grown up yet.

[Hollandia777]

I marrri-i-ied a Ma-a-a-arti-ian!...

[homeworldmusic]

only heard it on radio maybe 3 x? never forgot

[theloya1965]

WOW, 25 years since last I heard this song. I always love that voice, Very unique

[theloya1965]

WOW, 25 years since last I heard this song.

[imarriedmysister]

@citizenkong I marrried my sisssss

[citizenkong]

I miss these guys.

[drnrg31]

@sendhimtodetroit Panorama & Shake It up. Back when every song on an albume was single worthy and sounded different from the other. yeah. Those were the times.

[pneumaticstarsailor]

@roosevelthighschool more importantly, after their married, the man finds that his martian-bride happens to have an insatiable taste for other men, and significant emotional damage ensues.