Written song Sterling Whipple, Tony Martin & John Greenebaum, was recorded by Joe Diffie for the Epic label, with the production of Johnny Slate & Joe Diffie, was released on July 4, 1994. On September 24, 1994, it would reach number # 1 for three consecutive weeks on the US Hot Country Songs charts, it stayed 11 weeks on the charts. On October 3, it would also reach number # 1 on the Canadian Country Tracks lists, for two weeks. Third Rock from the Sun, was the third number # 1 in Joe’s career.

The song was included in Joe Diffie’s fourth studio album, Third Rock from the Sun (Epic 1994), on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, reached the position number # 6 and the Canadian RPM Country Albums reached number # 9. The album was certified as a platinum record in the USA and Canada.

Joe Diffie – Third Rock From The Sun lyrics

She walks into Smokey’s
one hip at a time
Like a broken field runner
slippin’ through the lines
He likes the way she looks
so he calls a little wife
says don’t wait up for me,
I’ll be workin late tonight.
Wife hangs up the phone bursts into tears
calls her sister up and cries get over here.

Sister tells her boyfriend be back in awhile
boyfriend wants a beer, the store is just a mile.
Leaves the motor runnin’ he’ll only be a minute,
his car drives away with teenagers in it.
Driver tells his buddies, got one life to live
they scream into the night, lets get it over with.

Cause and effect, chain of events,
All of the chaos makes perfect sense,
When we’re spinnin’ round,
Things come undone.
Welcome to the earth, third rock from the sun.

The kid guns the gas, car starts to swerve
Heads for a semi-truck, jumps the curb
Truck hits a bigboy in the Shoney’s parking lot
Flies through the air, takes out the bank clock
Clock strikes a light pole, transformer sparks
lines go down, town goes dark.

Waitress calls the cops says she saw it all
swears a giant alien has landed at the mall
Cops ring up the mayor says there’s panic in the street,
hate to wake you up but we cant find the chief,
mayor says use your head, if he ain’t in his car
he’s hiding from his wife, down at Smokey’s bar

Cause and effect, chain of events,
All of the chaos makes perfect sense,
When we’re spinnin’ round,
Things come undone.
Welcome to the earth, third rock from the sun.

Cause and effect, chain of events,
All of the chaos makes perfect sense,
When we’re spinnin’ round,
Things come undone.
Welcome to the earth, third rock from the sun.

Welcome to Earth third rock from the sun.
Welcome to Earth third rock from the sun.
Welcome to Earth third rock from the sun.