BALLROOMS OF MARS

by Kelly Reilly

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BALLROOMS OF MARS
written by Marc Bolan

You gonna look fine
Be primed for dancing
You're gonna trip and glide
All on the trembling plane
Your diamond hands
Will be stacked with roses
And wind and cars
And people of the past

I'll call you thing
Just when the moon sings
And place your face in stone
Upon a hill of stars
And gripped in the arms
Of the changeless madman
We'll dance our lives away
In the ballrooms of Mars

You talk about day
I'm talking 'bout night time
When monsters call out
The names of men
Bob Dylan knows
And I bet Alan Freed did
There are things in night
That are better not to behold

You dance
With your lizard leather boots on
And pull the strings
That change the faces of men
You diamond browed hag
You a gutter-gaunt gangster
John Lennon knows your name
And I've seen his

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released July 21, 2020
BALLROOMS OF MARS
written by Marc Bolan

Kelly Reilly - vocals
Dean Falcone - electric guitars / bass / vibraphone / mellotron / piano
Richard Dev Greene - acoustic guitar / percussion / backing vocals
Craig Dreyer - acoustic piano
Eric Seftel - drums

Produced by Richard Dev Greene & Dean Falcone
Recorded at Hobo Sound / Mighty Toad / Firehouse12
Engineered by James Frazee / Craig Dreyer / Greg Dicrosta
Mixed at Hobo Sound by James Frazee & Richard Dev Greene
Mastered by Kim Rosen
Photo by Steve Blazo
Graphic Design by Andrea Sicco
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