A fifth machine appeared on the far bank.
It raised itself to full height,
flourished the funnel high in the air,
and the ghostly terrible heat ray struck the town.
As it struck, all five fighting machines exulted,
emitting deafening howls which roared like thunder.
♪ Ulla! ♪
The six guns we had seen now fired simultaneously,
decapitating a fighting machine.
The Martian inside the hood was slain, splashed to the four winds,
and the body, nothing now but an intricate device of metal,
went whirling to destruction.
As the other monsters advanced, people ran away blindly,
the artilleryman among them, but I jumped into the water
and hid until forced up to breathe.
Now the guns spoke again, but this time the heat ray
sent them to oblivion.
♪ Ulla! ♪
With a white flash the heat ray swept across the river.
Scalded, half blinded and agonized, I staggered through leaping,
hissing water towards the shore.
I fell helplessly in full sight of the Martians, expecting nothing but death.
The foot of a fighting machine came down close to my head,
then lifted again as the four Martians carried away the debris
of their fallen comrade,
and I realized that by a miracle,
I had escaped.
♪ Ulla! ♪
For three days I fought my way along roads packed with refugees,
the homeless, burdened with boxes
and bundles containing their valuables.
All that was of value to me was in London.
By the time I reached their little red brick house,
Carrie and her father were gone.
♪ The summer sun is fading ♪ ♪ as the year grows old, ♪
♪ And darker days are drawing near, ♪
♪ The winter winds will be much colder, ♪
♪ Now you're not here. ♪
♪ I watch the birds fly south ♪ ♪ across the autumn sky. ♪
♪ And one by one they disappear, ♪
♪ I wish that I was flying with them. ♪
♪ Now you're not here. ♪
♪ Like the sun through the ♪ ♪ trees you came to love me, ♪
♪ Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away... ♪
♪ Through autumn's golden gown ♪ ♪ we used to kick our way, ♪
♪ You always loved this time of year. ♪
♪ Those fallen leaves lie undisturbed now. ♪
♪ Cause you're not here. ♪