The Man Who Fell To Earth

Am
A new star is born in the stillness of morning

The edge of the universe time is expanding
C
It’s endless as love,

Infinitely small,
G                                       G G#
Lights in the darkness no reason at all

Am
Billions of years, away half moons are sharing
C
Glasses of wine with asteroids passing
G
Galaxy wakes

on the wrong side of space
F                  G
Gravity laughs in reality’s face

Am
Somewhere there like dust in the air
G
A sphere is drifting too slowly to bear
F
And clinging on tightly to rocks and stones
G
A parasite’s calling this dust its home

        Am          G      C
Another second of another day
         Am    G    C
In this corner of space
         Am   G    C     F
In this dark cold universe
                     C
This world that I’m living in
Em               F
Makes no sense to me
           F         Dm       F        Dm      C
I’m still dreaming about the man who fell to earth


C       E

Am
A baby is born in the stillness of morning,
C
Ten minutes past five they declared him alive
G
As tears roll down his mother’s cheeks
F                  G
And the midwife breathes a sigh of relief

Am
While just down the road the last of the drunks
G
Make their way home to pass out on the bus
F
While the first of the business men shirts and ties
G
Get ready to sell some more of their lies

Am
In the newspaper offices lights are still on
C
They’ve been up all night waiting for things to wrong
G
And nobody saw as the wheels came down
F                G
A young man silently fall to the ground

      Am      G       C
In the houses they’re turning on lights
        Am        G           C
Putting blindfolds over their eyes
         Am        G             F
Getting ready for another day at work
                   C
This illusion that I’m living in
E                 F
Makes no sense to me
           F         Dm       F        Dm      C
I’m still dreaming about the man who fell to earth

C       Em

Am
A body is found in the stillness of morning,
C
A priest in the street calls out a warning,
G
Somewhere above London an air hostess stands
F           G
A 747 is coming into land

Am
A farmer has started her work for the day
G
Somehow she knows that something has changed
F
Out in the fields she dreams of her son,
C                        E
Back to the day when his journey begun

Am
An eagle is searching for food in the spring
C
A sperm whale sleeps while a hummingbird sings
G
A lover is waiting for news by the phone
F                    G
Out in the fields a cold wind blows

           Am      G       C
Cross the world there’s flashes of light
                   Am      G       C
They’ve been bombing the city all night
        Am          G       F
In the end what’s it  all worth?
                    C
This simulation I’m living in
E                 F
Makes no sense to me

          F        Dm       F        Dm      C        E
I’m still dreaming about the man who fell to earth
          F        Dm       F        Dm      C          E
I’m still dreaming about the man who fell to earth

Am
A tear is travelling across some skin,
C
Molecules of water and sodium spin,
G
Atoms are shaking so infinitely small
F                            G
Just lights in the darkness no reason at all