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Life on Mars?
Vocabulary from David Bowie: 'Life on Mars?'.
It's a God awful small affair
To the girl with the mousey hair
But her mummy is yelling: No!
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seats with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh, man!
Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh, man!
Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best-selling show
Is there life on Mars?
It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be written again
As I ask you to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh, man!
Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh, man!
Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
Vocabulary
it
Pronounɪt
it
It is on the desk.
Refers to a thing, animal, or situation that has already been mentioned.
a
Determinerə
a
Give me a pen.
An indefinite article used before a noun.
god-awful
Adjectiveˈɡɑːdˌɑː.fəl
extremely bad, unpleasant, or dreadful
A god-awful smell fills the motel lobby.
Informal and strongly negative. Some speakers avoid it because it uses God in an oath, so it is not suited to formal or careful speech.
small
Adjectivesmɔl
not large in size, amount, or degree
I live in a small house.
Used to describe things that are little. It is the opposite of 'large' or 'big'.
affair
Nounəˈfer
an event or situation; a secret sexual relationship
The annual charity gala was a very formal affair.
Can refer to a specific event, a broad situation, or a romantic relationship outside of marriage.
to
Prepositiontuː
to (infinitive marker)
I want to read a book.
Used before the base form of a verb to form the infinitive.
the
Determinerðə
the definite article
The sun is hot.
Used before a noun to refer to a specific thing already known or mentioned.
girl
Nounɡɝːl
a female child or young woman
The little girl is playing with her dog in the park.
Commonly used for children and adolescents, though it can sometimes refer to adult women in informal contexts.
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