It's a god-awful small affair 
 这事虽小，却极其恐怖
 To the girl with the mousy hair 
 对于那个发如鼠毛的女孩来说
 But her mummy is yelling "No" 
 但她老妈却喊着“不行”
 And her daddy has told her to go 
 而他老爸又叫她去
 But her friend is nowhere to be seen 
 但是她的朋友却见不着
 Now she walks through her sunken dream 
 如今她沉浸在梦幻中
 To the seat with the clearest view 
 走到一个座位，那里能纵观全景
 And she's hooked to the silver screen 
 她被银屏迷住
 But the film is a saddening bore 
 可是电影煽情得无聊
 For she's lived it ten times or more
 因为电影里的生活她自己都经历过上十次 
 She could spit in the eyes of fools 
 她能看透傻瓜的眼神
 Bowie David 
 波音 大卫
 As they ask her to focus on 
 当他们叫她注意
 Sailors fighting in the dance hall 
 水手们在舞厅里打架
 Oh man! Look at those cavemen go 
 噢，天！瞧那些穴居人（表示蔑视）在干嘛
 It's the freakiest show 
 这是最怪异的表演
 Take a look at the Lawman
 看一看那律师 
 Beating up the wrong guy 
 打错了那个小伙子
 Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
 噢，天啊！都怀疑他是否知道 
 He's in the best selling show
 他身临这最棒的展销会 
 Is there life on Mars?
 火星上有生命吗？ 
 It's on Amerika's tortured brow
 这让美国人皱眉，百思不得其解 
 That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow 
 米老鼠长成一头奶牛
 Now the workers have struck for fame 
 而今工人们为名利奔波
 See the mice in their million hordes
 瞧那些数以百万计的游牧部落里的耗子们 
 From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads 
 从 Ibeza(地名）到 诺福克湖区
 Rule Britannia is out of bounds 
 不列颠尼亚军规（英国皇家海军的官方军歌的官方军歌）已经超出界限
 To my mother, my dog, and clowns 
 对于我母亲，小狗，以及小丑
 But the film is a saddening bore 
 可是电影煽情得无聊
 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more 
 因为我自己都写过上十遍
 It's about to be writ again
 可还要再写一遍 
 As I ask you to focus on
 就像我叫你注意看
 Sailors fighting in the dance hall 
 水手们在舞厅里打架
 Oh man! Look at those cavemen go 
 噢，天！瞧那些穴居人（表示蔑视）在干嘛
 It's the freakiest show 
 这是最怪异的表演
 Take a look at the Lawman 
 看一看那律师 
 Beating up the wrong guy
 打错了那个小伙子 
 Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know 
 噢，天啊！都怀疑他是否知道 
 He's in the best selling show 
 他身临这最棒的展销会
 Is there life on Mars? 
 火星上有生命吗？