TWO LITTLE MEN IN A FLYING SAUCER
Arthur Pitt & Elaine Wise

Ella Fitzgerald with the Sy Oliver Orchestra (1951)


Two little men in a flying saucer
Flew down to Earth one day
Looked to left and right of it
Couldn't stand the sight of it
And said, Let's fly away

They took a look at a Western movie
Somebody heard them say
If a horse can be a star
Think how dumb the people are
We'd better fly away

Then they shook their little green antennas
Scratched their purple hair
Said, This planet is an awful menace
Let's go back to where we came from

Two little men in a flying saucer
Just didn't care to stay
Said, It's too peculiar here
Headed for the stratosphere
And quickly flew away

Now, they took a left in Ebbets Field in Brooklyn
When the Dodgers played a baseball game
Heard all the screaming
Said, We must be dreaming
'Cause this planet is insane

Boring their mission
Heard a politician making speeches as they traveled by
But they departed faster than they started 
'Cause the hot air blew them sky high

Two little men in a flying saucer
Flew down to Earth one day
Listened to a radio
Saw a television show 
And said, Let's fly away.

They got their fill of commercial jingles
And they were heard to say,
All the people seem to be
Living in a nursery
We'd better fly away

Traveled all around 
And once they'd seen us
Said, Let's head for space
We were better off on
Mars and Venus
Goodness what a place to live in

Two little men in a flying saucer
Just didn't care to stay
Crossed a crowded thoroughfare
Saw the hats the women wear
And quickly flew away
And quickly flew away
One look and then they
Flew away



(Transcribed by Samb Hicks -
January 2015)