the other night i was
walking down the street
i was getting kinda hungry
i decided to get me something to eat
now i passed up all the chain
franchise joints on hamburger row
and stopped at a little greasy spoon place
i always eat at called eat sit and gulp
get you one of the greasy hamburgers
all peppered up lay you up in the
hospital for ten days
so i ordered me up a
couple of those grease bombs
waitress brought ’em over
lifted up the bun checked ’em out
damn no ketchup
so i nudged the guy sitting next to me
at the counter i said hey partner
how about passing the ketchup over
suddenly this little bitty green hand
holding a ketchup bottle came into view
and i freaked cause the guy sitting
next to me was a martian
now in twentyeight years of eating hamburgers
i ain’t never run into no martian
not at 0 in the morning and certainly
not at a fine scarfing establishment like eat
well he was sitting over there with a
bunch of colored sticks on his plate
and i looked over at him and i said
what you eating there boy crayons
he said why no
they’re martian cigarettes
here try one
well ’bout half hour later
he looked over at me and smiled
them ol’ martians ain’t got
but two teeth in their head
and he said how do you feel
and i said weeeeeeell i feel so good
yeah i do gonna boogie
wow til the break of day
meanwhile back at eat’s
i was stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill thinking i said
how come out of all the places
you could have landed
you ended up here
he said well according
to my lunar space map
this town here is supposed to be
the boogie capital of the usa
so i asked him i said
now where else you been boy
and he told me
he said i’ve rocked ’em over
and i’ve rocked ’em down
rocked ’em in the country
i’ve rocked ’em in town
rock ‘n’ roll memphis on up to maine
woke up a lady and she asked my name
told her the name was on ten of my shirts
told her rocking chair martian
don’t have to work
yeah i feel so good
yeah yeah gonna boogie
martian boogie
Artist: Brownsville Station
Year: 1977
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 203