This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Bowie's in space
Bowie's in spa-a-hace
Whatcha' doin' out there, man?
That's pretty freaky, Bowie
What's a rock musician doing out in space,man?
Isn't it cold out there, Bowie?
You can borrow my Jumper if you want Bowie?
Does the space cold do funny things to your nipples
Making them all pointy, Bowie?
And do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae
Transmitting data back to Earth?
(Data back to Earth)
Bet you do, you freaky old bastard, you.
Is it lonely out there in space, man?
Or is there life on Mars?
Wouldn't that be weird 'cause you wrote that song, "Is There Life on Mars"
You could write a follow up tune and call it 'And There Is'
Yes, there is, there is
Do you have one really freaky sequin space suit, man?
Or do you have several ch-ch-ch-ch-changes?
Do you smoke grass out in space, man?
Or do they smoke astro-turf?
Receiving transmission from David Bowie's nipple antennae
Do you read me, Lieutenant Bowie?
This is Bowie to Bowie,
Do you hear me out there, man?
This is Bowie back to Bowie,
I read you loud and clear, man
Oh yeah man!
Your signal's weak on my radar screen,
How far out are you, man?
I'm pretty far out
That's pretty far out, man!
I'm orbiting Pluto
I'm drawn in by it's Groovitational
(Groovitational pull)
I'm jamming out with the Mick Jagger-nauts
And they think it's pretty cool man
Are you OK, Bowie, what was that sound?
I don't know, man, I have to turn my ship around
Oh, it's the craziest scene
I know, I'm picking it up on my LSD screen
Can you see the Stratosphere ringing?
To the choir of Afro-nauts singing
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
Eenie, ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
(Set your phasers on funky)
Eenie, ma-ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
Eenie, ma-meenie, mynie mynie mowie
Bowie's in space
Bowie's in spa-a-hace
Whatcha' doin' out there, man?
That's pretty freaky, Bowie
What's a rock musician doing out in space,man?
Isn't it cold out there, Bowie?
You can borrow my Jumper if you want Bowie?
Does the space cold do funny things to your nipples
Making them all pointy, Bowie?
And do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae
Transmitting data back to Earth?
(Data back to Earth)
Bet you do, you freaky old bastard, you.
Is it lonely out there in space, man?
Or is there life on Mars?
Wouldn't that be weird 'cause you wrote that song, "Is There Life on Mars"
You could write a follow up tune and call it 'And There Is'
Yes, there is, there is
Do you have one really freaky sequin space suit, man?
Or do you have several ch-ch-ch-ch-changes?
Do you smoke grass out in space, man?
Or do they smoke astro-turf?
Receiving transmission from David Bowie's nipple antennae
Do you read me, Lieutenant Bowie?
This is Bowie to Bowie,
Do you hear me out there, man?
This is Bowie back to Bowie,
I read you loud and clear, man
Oh yeah man!
Your signal's weak on my radar screen,
How far out are you, man?
I'm pretty far out
That's pretty far out, man!
I'm orbiting Pluto
I'm drawn in by it's Groovitational
(Groovitational pull)
I'm jamming out with the Mick Jagger-nauts
And they think it's pretty cool man
Are you OK, Bowie, what was that sound?
I don't know, man, I have to turn my ship around
Oh, it's the craziest scene
I know, I'm picking it up on my LSD screen
Can you see the Stratosphere ringing?
To the choir of Afro-nauts singing
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
Eenie, ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
(Set your phasers on funky)
Eenie, ma-ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
Eenie, ma-meenie, mynie mynie mowie
Bowie's in space
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Bowie Lyrics as written by Jemaine Clement Bret Mckenzie
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The whole "nipples" aspect is loltastic.