It was the strangest sight you could ever see Way back when I was only three Not long off my mother's knee The year of fifty nine It flew up in the sky like a spinning wheel Never seen before, it was some big deal Now you won't believe but it was really real The year of fifty nine People ran indoors, others hit the floors Something's come from Mars 'Cross the streets in town Stopping in their cars The year of fifty nine Like a TV screen or a movie dream In the clouds, interstellar beam Well, a metal man and a deadly plan The year of fifty nine Oh the paper said, centre spread Maybe Sputnik led from those reds In this market town something was going down The year of fifty nine People ran indoors, others hit the floors Something's come from Mars 'Cross the streets in town Stopping in their cars The year of fifty nine Old Dan Dare on the radio Was he flying in? Could he save the show? Then it disappeared, so we'd never know The year of fifty nine It was the strangest sight you could ever see Way back when I was only three Not long off my mother's knee The year of fifty nine