They Might Be Giants - All Alone lyrics

Once upon a time, they sent a rocket to the moon

With scientific instruments to test conditions there

But just before they closed the door

One scientist expelled a germ

That accidentally found its way aboard and stowed away

For three years it remained undetected on the moon

It was the only living creature there

"I'm all alone

I'm all alone

Behold the mystery that is me"

Then one day the scientists recovered all their gear

Excited by the prospect of unearthly things inside

They found, to their astonishment, a living thing within

It seemed to bear good tidings from somewhere in outer space

"You're not alone

You're not alone

Behold the mystery that is me"

Soon they figured out the heinous error they had made

And now the earthly germ had something else it seemed to say...

"We're all alone

We're all alone

Behold the mystery

Behold the mystery"