At midnight, on the 12th of August,
a huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth.
Across two hundred million miles of void,
invisibly hurtling towards us,
came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth.
As I watched, there was another jet of gas.
It was another missile, starting on its way.
And that's how it was for the next ten nights.
A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it;
a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight.
Ogilby, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger.
He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote,
forbidding planet.
The Astronomer
[Chorus]
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, he said (ahh, ahh)
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, but still, they come...
Then came the night the first missile approached Earth.
It was thought to be an ordinary falling star,
but next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the common,
and Ogilby came to examine what lay there.
A cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot,
with faint sounds of movement coming from within.
Suddenly the top began moving: rotating, unscrewing;
and Ogilby feared there was a man inside trying to escape.
He rushed to the cylinder but the intense heat stopped him before
he could burn himself on the metal.
[Chorus]
The Eve of the War
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A Face In The Crowd Bedtime Stories Billy Blackbird Blue Guitar Blue Guitar [*] Broken Dream Captivated By You Children of Paradise Country Girl Crazy Lovers Doin' Time Face in the Crowd Forever Autumn Forever Autumn [Dark Autumn Dub. Tom Frederikse/Ga... Forever Autumn [Dub] Forever Autumn [Dub] Forever Autumn [Frederickse/Schurrer Remix] Forever Autumn [Frederickse/Schurrer Remix] Goodbye I Dreamed Last Night I Heard It I'm Sorry In the Beginning In Your Blue Eyes Is It Just A Game It's Cold Outside of Your Heart It's Not On It's Not Too Late It’s Cold Outside Of Your Heart Lay It On Me Lazy Afternoon Learning The Game Learning the Game [*] Lost And Found Marie Maybe Maybe It's Just Love Moving Mountains Nearer To You Night Flight Nights in White Satin Nights Winters Years Nostradamus On the Road To Love One Again One Day, Someday One Day, Someday (Alternate, Extended Version) One Lonely Room Out There Somewhere Out There Somewhere (Raul Rincon Remix) Penumbra Moon Question Railway Hotel Raised On Love Saved by the Music Shame Silverbird Skimming Stones Something to Believe In Sometimes Less Is More Songwriter (Part 1) Songwriter (Part 2) Stage Door Suitcase Take Your Chances The Best Is Yet To Come The Eastern Sun The Lights Are Low The Promised Land The Tracks of My Tears The Voice The Way of the World The Western Sky The Wind of Heaven This Morning Tightrope Troubador Troubadour Vincent What You Resist Persists When You Wake Up Who Knows Wrong Time, Right Place You
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