Brian Dewan - The Creatures lyrics

They came on a cool summer night when the moon was full They landed behind City Hall in their module Everyone was scared to d**h when they saw the flashing lights Everyone came out to see what fell out of the sky People brought their guns and their cameras and homemade bombs People drove up onto the sidewalks and neighbors' lawns They stood and waited for Martians to pop out of the pod A tentacle with an eye on the end emerged from the hatch above The eye swayed slowly above them from side to side In an hour the crowd was completely hypnotized Unearthly music filled the air like downy milkweed seeds Until each man and woman fell to their knees A door like a drawbridge opened and touched the ground And the creatures moved through the people without a sound They handed presents out to everybody there They were so beautiful no one could tell what they were When the world learned about their heavenly heirlooms They were worth too much money to keep in their living rooms So everyone donated them to the Municipal Museum And a monument was built on the spot where the creatures from outer space Had been Had been Had been