Mission (a World Record) Lyrics - Singles - Electric Light Orchestra

For many days we traveled from a distant place and time 

To reach a place they call the planet earth 

There was to be a celebration 

On the mission of the sacred heart 

The planet earth from way up there is beautiful and blue 

And floating softly through a rainbow 

But when you touch down, things look different here 

At the mission of the sacred heart 

Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I? 

How's life on earth? 

Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth 

Well all the stars above where I see fingers down on me 

Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth 

On a dirty worn-out sidewalk, sits a mother with a baby 

In her vale of tears she sees no rainbow 

And someone's singing from a window 

In the mission of the sacred heart 

Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I? 

How's life on earth? 

Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth 

And when the stars above where I see fingers down on me 

Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth 

There's a building on a corner, in a city, in a land 

On a place they call the planet earth 

My orders are to sit here and watch the world go by 

From the mission of the sacred heart 

Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I? 

Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I? 

How's life on earth? What is it worth?