Uploaded September 2009 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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AUDIO ONLY. Happy Rhodes - The Keep (1995) - 02 - "Life On Mars" (NOT a Bowie cover)

Lyrics:

Life On Mars (3:20) (Not a David Bowie cover)
New Recording of unreleased song from 1986

Sleepy eyes, oh, your daddy lies
Look to the stars above
Oh, sleepy eyes, all your teachers lie
Look to the stars, baby, yes there's life on Mars
Oh, sleepy eyes

Throw away your fears if you dare
Life is everywhere, oh, sleepy eyes

Sleepy child, all your dream defiled
Trust in the stars above
Oh, sleepy child, life goes running wild
Trust in the stars, baby, yes there's life on Mars
Oh, sleepy child

Throw away your fears if you dare
Darlin' life is everywhere, oh sleepy child


©1986 by Happy Rhodes, Published by Hovering Slab Music BMI
Music, lyrics - Happy Rhodes
See credits for additional info
ecto.org/lyrics/keep/keep_credits.html

* First recorded back in 1986 around the time of Ecto (AGCD0013), as an all-synth version. Happy opted to

redo this one with the acoustic guitar and some EFX.

* Happy Rhodes - vox, acoustic guitar
* Kevin Bartlett - electric guitar, EFX