Martian_jazzv6

[Verse 1] He touched down slow On a red dust plain Boots kissed rust In a world of pain Helmet fogged up From his own breath One small step In a thin gold sky [Pre-Chorus] No road signs there Just crater scars He looked at Earth Like a far-off star His name tag read On a scratched tin bar The first to land And the first to ask [Chorus] The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing A lonely boy with a planet in him And the stars leaned close to watch him breathe The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing A lonely boy with a planet in him And the stars leaned close to watch him breathe [Verse 2] He planted beans In a tin can bed Watched them lean Toward the sunset red Sent one voice back Through the radio hum Said, "I found home Where the sky came from" [Pre-Chorus] Sand in his seams And dust in his hair Still he smiled wide Like somebody cared One giant leap For a heart so hard The first to stay When the night got dark [Chorus] The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing A lonely boy with a planet in him And the stars leaned close to watch him breathe The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing A lonely boy with a planet in him And the stars leaned close to watch him breathe [Bridge] And when the cold came down He traced his name in the frost No crowd, no flag, no sound Just the map he made and the cost [Chorus] The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing A lonely boy with a planet in him And the stars leaned close to watch him breathe The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing A lonely boy with a planet in him And the stars leaned close to watch him breathe [Outro] If they ask who was there When the long dark turned to flame Tell them I stood first And the red dust knew my name