Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

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

Chorus

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

Bridge

 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

(solo)

Baby, I can't fly

If I could I'd come down to ya

Maybe I should try

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

Outro

Repeating on the line: “yeah I might as well be on mars”:

End on Em