Story Behind The Song
Dick Wagner revisits a song written by Dick with Alice Cooper. For this recording, Dick Wagner performs all the instruments and vocals on his sensitive and exquisite version of the song, further demonstrating his multi-dimensional talent as producer, arranger, lead guitarist and vocalist.
Song Description
Recommend reading these great lyrics. Alice Cooper and Dick Wagner wrote the song, I Might As Well Be On Mars, and Desmond Child joined them to add a strong choral bridge. Performing all the instruments and vocals on this sensitive and exquisite version of this song, Dick Wagner shows his multi-dimensional talent as producer, arranger, lead guitarist and vocalist.
| Song Length |
7:31 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Lost Love, Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
Alice Cooper, The Moody Blues |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
I MIGHT AS WELL BE ON MARS
Dick Wagner, Alice Cooper, Desmond Child
The city streets are wet with rain tonight,
Taxi drivers swerve from lane to lane.
A lonely guitar man playin' down the hall,
Midnight blues comin' through the walls.
I tried to call you on the telephone,
I left it off the hook
Just to hear it ring.
You told me you were better off alone.
I never knew that tears could stain.
I'm on the roof
And I'm starin' at the stars.
Lookin' down at all the cars,
I can see you
In the window of your favorite corner bar.
But to reach you is just too far,
And I might as well be on mars.
The city seems so old and grey and beat.
It closes in and makes me wanna suffocate.
And you just live across the street,
But that's a billion miles away
You've turned my world into a dark and lonely place.
Like a planet lost in space, my light is fadin'.
I'd cross the universe to be right where you are.
But I'm right in your backyard,
And I might as well be on mars.
Chorus
I might as well be on mars.
You can't see me.
I might as well be the man on the moon.
You can't hear me.
Oh, can you feel me so close
And yet so far.
Baby, I might as well be on mars.
Baby, I can't fly.
If I could, I'd come down to you.
Maybe I should try.
I'm on the roof, and I'm starin' at the stars
Lookin' down at all the cars.
I can see you
In the window of your favorite corner bar.
But to reach is just too far,
And I might as well be on mars.
Chorus
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