[Chorus] John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you [Verse] He came from the American Civil War A Confederate cavalry officer At the end of the war He went to Arizona With his friend Captain James K. Powell He went to Arizona to search for gold In the mountains of the Apache country There was an Apache attack And he fled into the mountains In the cave He saw a vision of Mars And found himself transported there To the dying planet Barsoom [Chorus] John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you [Verse] On Barsoom There are the Tharks Green Martians Twelve feet tall Six-limbed With tusks and yellow eyes There's a woman Her name is Dejah Thoris A Red Martian She has skin the color of copper And they fall in love But Barsoom is a dying planet And he has to rescue Dejah Thoris The Red Martians And the Tharks [Chorus] John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you John Carter lives He's the Warlord of Mars He's coming to rescue you
