"When You See Those Flying Saucers" - the Buchanan Brothers

This song is on the soundtrack to the new kids animated movie "Monsters vs. Aliens". Hope you enjoy it:

	Buchanan Brothers - (When You See) Those Flying Saucers
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It was recorded by the brother duet act The Buchanan Brothers in 1947. It was the same year that Kenneth Arnold shot to global fame when he spotted a flying saucer in the skies over Washington state, so I suppose the subject was big news, and the Buchanan Brothers were swept up in it. Either that or they saw an opportunity to make some money! Here are the words:

You’d better pray to the Lord when you see those flying saucers
It may be the coming of the Judgment Day
It’s a sign there’s no doubt of the trouble that’s about
So I say my friends you’d better start to pray

They’re a terrifying sight as they fly on day and night
It’s a warning that we’d better mend our ways
You’d better pray to the Lord when you see those flying saucers
It may be the coming of the Judgment Day

Many people think the saucers might be someone’s foolish dream
Or maybe they were sent down here from Mars
If you’ll just stop and think you’d realize just what it means
They’re more than atom bombs or falling stars

And though the war may be through there’s unrest and trouble brewin’
And those flying saucers may be just a sign
That if peace doesn’t come it will be the end of some
So repent today, you’re running out of time

When you see a saucer fly like a comet through the sky
You should realize the price you’ll have to pay
You’d better pray to the Lord when you see those flying saucers
It may be the coming of the Judgment Day

The Buchanan Brothers seem to have had a fascination with Atomic Power - they recorded two songs "There is a Power Greater than Atomic" and also "Atomic Power" - and they're different songs from the Louvin Brothers' "The Great Atomic Power". Great wee commentaries on the generation in which they were written.