Lyrics

he didn't have more than a buck in his pocket
when the lightening struck
it split him in two
his eyeballs popped right out of their socket
then a voice rang out
he knew what to do

part of him thought he was wounded or shot
he was not
the adventure began
spinnin around like a top
he was done as a flop
he was mercury man

look out
there's no doubt
he's ma-ma-ma-ma mercury man

he set himself up in a hidden volcano
with a hot line phone
and a dutiful crew
he rode the crest on a fountain of lava
in a swan winged vest
on a screaming skidoo

part of him thought that his future was shot
it was not
the adventure began
up in the air like a star with that hair
who would dare
only mercury man

look out
there's no doubt
he's ma-ma-ma-ma mercury man
ma-ma ma-ma mercury man
ma-ma ma-ma mercury man
ma-ma ma-ma
let's shout all about
spacing out with mercury man

one by one the creatures gathered
shoulder to shoulder
fin to fin
as mercury man roused within them
a deep primordial need
an overwhelming, heretofore unrealized drive
orgiastic, intense, yet pure of heart
a gut-levelling bonanza of devotional magnificence focused on one man

a little know fact in the animal kingdom is they don't hold back when they like what you do
they all come out in their pods and their gaggles
in their schools and flocks like a heavenly zoo

who could have known when their cover was blown
they had hope and a definite plan
say you can see what a world it could be
if we'd all lend him a hand

look out
there's no doubt
he's ma-ma-ma-ma mercury man
he's ma-ma-ma-ma mercury man
he's ma-ma-ma-ma
ma-ma-ma
ma-ma
ma-ma
mercury man