Lyrics The Eve Of The War (Am Vorabend Des Krieges) - Jeff Wayne
At
midnight,
on
the
12th
of
august,
a
huge
mass
of
luminous
gas
erupted
from
mars
and
sped
towards
earth.
Across
two
hundred
million
miles
of
void,
invisibly
hurtling
towards
us,
came
the
first
of
the
missiles
that
were
to
bring
so
much
calamity
to
earth.
As
i
watched,
there
was
another
jet
of
gas.
It
was
another
missile,
starting
on
its
way.
And
that's
how
it
was
for
the
next
ten
nights.
A
flare,
spurting
out
from
mars.
Bright
green,
drawing
a
green
mist
behind
it;
a
beautiful,
but
somehow
disturbing
sight.
Ogilby,
the
astronomer,
assured
me
we
were
in
no
danger.
He
was
convinced
there
could
be
no
living
thing
on
that
remote,
forbidding
planet.
The
astronomer
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
he
said
(ahh,
ahh)
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
but
still,
they
come...
Then
came
the
night
the
first
missile
approached
earth.
It
was
thought
to
be
an
ordinary
falling
star,
but
next
day
there
was
a
huge
crater
in
the
middle
of
the
common,
and
ogilby
came
to
examine
what
lay
there.
A
cylinder,
thirty
yards
across,
glowing
hot,
with
faint
sounds
of
movement
coming
from
within.
Suddenly
the
top
began
moving:
rotating,
unscrewing;
and
ogilby
feared
there
was
a
man
inside
trying
to
escape.
He
rushed
to
the
cylinder
but
the
intense
heat
stopped
him
before
he
could
burn
himself
on
the
metal.
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
he
said
(ahh,
ahh)
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
but
still,
they
come...
Yes,
the
chances
of
anything
coming
from
mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
he
said
(ahh,
ahh)
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
but
still,
they
come...
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1 The Eve Of The War (Am Vorabend Des Krieges)
2 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Horsell Common und der Feuerstrahl)
3 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Der Artillerist und die Kampfmaschine)
4 Forever Autumn (Auf ewig Herbst)
5 Thunder Child (Donnerkind)
6 The Red Weed, Pt. 1 (Der rote Polyp - Teil 1)
7 The Spirit of Man (Die Seele des Menschen)
8 The Red Weed, Pt. 2 (Der rote Polyp - Teil 2)
9 The Artilleryman Returns (Der Artillerist Kehrt Zurück)
10 Brave New World (Furchtlose neue Welt)
11 Dead London (Das Tote London)
12 Epilogue, Pt. 1 (Epilog - Teil 1)
13 Epilogue, Pt. 2 (Epilog - Teil 2)
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