Third Planet From the Sun

[billroper]

And here we are back to the astronomical song themes again. I woke up a while back with bits and pieces of the chorus rattling around in my brain and with everything that goes on around here, it's taken a bit to assemble the rest of the song. (I also had to convince myself that I wasn't inadvertently copying some other song, but so far I've come up empty. I hope I *continue* to come up empty, having read about the latest Ed Sheeran trial this morning. There are some extremely Melancholy Elephants lumbering around that courtroom. I am amused to note that the chords at the beginning of the verse are yet another variation on the classic G/Em/C/D that are part of that particular dispute -- in this case, G/Em7/CaddD/D. But I digress...)

Anyway, I hope you like it.

Words and Music: Bill Roper
Copyright 2023

Third Planet From the Sun

(Chorus)
Third planet from the sun.
It’s the place you’ve got to go if you would have some fun.
Third planet from the sun.
Everybody knows that it is number one.
Third planet, third planet, third planet,
Third planet from the sun.

If you’ve looking for a tourist spot,
A place to spend some time that isn’t much too hot,
Mercury and Venus are too far inside,
Got the sort of weather that will tan your hide.
If you want to find a place that’s cool enough to spend the night
And sit and camp out on the beach until the sun’s first light.
(You need the)

Out past the belt, the worlds are giant sized,
Got a lot of views that will delight your eyes.
If you’re looking for a world with rings
Or a plethora of moons and other icy things,
Those great gas giants got the pull to crush you flat,
Not like the gravity in my favorite habitat.
(Back at the)

Too far to head out to the stars,
So I think we better take a better look at Mars.
Needs more water and needs more air.
Makes you start to wonder what we’re doing there.
If you want a place that’s fit to live, we’ll have to terraform it.
Our outdoor concert’s on tonight, there’s one place to perform it.
(That’s on the)

(Bridge)
I want a place with air and I want a place with water.
A place where we can go with all our sons and all our daughters.
Walk barefoot in the grass where we do not have to die
And look up at the heavens to a clear blue sky.
(That’s on the)

(Chorus twice)
Third planet, third planet, third planet,
Third planet from the sun.
Third planet, third planet, third planet,
Third planet from the sun.