Official lyric video for PIXIES track "Motorway to Roswell", originally released on 1991 album Trompe Le Monde'.
Direction and motion design by Michael Speed.
Lyrics:
Last night, he could not make it
He tried hard, but he could not make it
Last night, he could not make it
On a holiday
So many miles, looking for a place to stay
Near some friendly star
He found this mote, and now we wonder where we are
How could this so great
Turn so shitty, he ended up in army crates
And photographs in files
His tiny boat sparked as he turned to graze our city
I started driving on the motorway
I was feeling down
Last night, he could not make it
Last night, he could not make it
He tried hard, but he could not make it
Last night, he could not make
On a holiday
So many miles, looking for a place to stay
Near some friendly star
He found this mote, and now we wonder
How could this so great
Turn so shit, he ended up in army crates
And photographs in files
His tiny boat sparked as he grazed it
Last night, he could not make it
He tried hard, but he could not make it
Last night, he could not make it
He tried hard, but he could not make it
He started heading for the motorway
And he came right down
He started heading for the motorway
And he came right down
He started heading for the motorway
And he came right down
He started heading for the motorway
And he came right down
He started heading for the motorway
And he came right down
He started heading for the motorway
And he came right down
He started heading for the motorway
And he came right down
Look, we all get lost sometimes.
No more so that the pseuds who decided to debate whether this was actually as song about an alien or not for years.