Intro: Welcome to Earth, 3rd rock from the sun
Verse: E
She walks into Smokey's one hip at a time
E
like a broken field runner slippin' through the line
A
he likes the way she looks so he calls the little wife says
E
"Don't wait up for me I'll be workin' late tonight"
B
wife hangs up the phone, bursts into tears
E
calls her sister up and cries "Get over here"
E
Sister tells her boyfriend be back in awhile
E
boyfriend wants a beer, the store is just a mile
A
he leaves the motor running he'll only be a minute
E
his car drives away with teenagers in it
B
the driver tells his buddies, got one life to live
E
they scream into the night "Let's get it over with"
Chorus: A
Cause and effect, chain of events
E
all of the chaos makes perfect sense
A
when you're spinning round, things come undone
E A E
Welcome to Earth 3rd rock from the Sun
Verse: E
the kid guns the gas, the car starts to swerve
E
heads for a semi truck, jumps the curb
A
truck hits a Big Boy in the Shoney's parking lot
E
and flies through the air takes out the bank clock
B
clock strikes a light pole, transformer sparks
E
lines go down, town goes dark
E
waitress calls the cops, says she saw it all
E
swears a giant alien has landed at the mall
A
cops ring up the mayor says there's panic in the streets