verse 1
Mary steers clear of the men from space
Back alley kid with the American face
She wants the wine, he brings a case,
To carry them on through
verse 2
I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys
Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce,
They bang the drum, she sets the beat,
They carry Miss America out into the street,
She sings, scarecrow, snowman, John Doe, buffalo!
Chorus
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
I got the arms to reach you
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
I got the hands to teach you,
verse 3
I fell out of love in the snow bound days
Riding the subway in a valium haze
I need the whites, she gets the blues
It carries us on through
verse 4
All these American boys in the park n' shop
Selling their memories for a dollar a pop
Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan
Corners the market on American tastes
And says, spaceman, scarecrow, peepshow, freakshow!
Chorus
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
I got the arms to reach you
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
I got the hands to teach you,
Bridge
All the sudden light inside you dies
Maybe you're going on alone
Maybe you're going all alone
She dreams of sunlight
Sings of smaller things
White sugar bowls and wedding rings
You're going on from me alone
You're going on, you're on your own
Verse 5
She was married alive in a Moscow surgery,
Hoping to die in a cold war nursery
All of the kids back home believe
In much more than we do
Verse 6
It's a memory play where the memory fades
Into pictures we took into records we played
Spy versus spy, scarecrow and I
Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly
Singing spaceman, smokeshow, scarecrow, geronimo!
Chorus
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
I got the arms to reach you
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
I got the hands to teach you,
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
I got the arms to reach you
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
I got the hands to teach you,
Solo / Ending