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
  
   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
  
   CHORUS
   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
  
   Baby, I can't fly
   If I could I'd come down to ya
   Maybe I should try
  
   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 is just too far
   And I might as well be on Mars
  
   CHORUS