[Intro]
Attune your ears to the grinding gears
[Verse 1]
Come with me, I'll show you how to be a metal man
When the gears are turning and the fires are burning
When the world ticks around you
Voices tocking all the time
And you live for sleep, you've never slept
Because you cannot sleep
Colonel Walter was shocked
When he learned from the Nile
Copper African elephants are turning hostile
So he built these wonderful automaton blokes
And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
Now the war is passed and over
We're left to sit and wonder
What is life and what is real?
And why do living things need feelings?
[Pre-Chorus]
One, two, three
[Chorus]
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
[Verse 2]
How'd you like to try pumping lead through your veins?
Or have a heart so wet and cold it starts rusting?
When the world ticks around you
Voices tocking all the time
You live for feelings you've never felt
Because you cannot feel
And what is this leaking affecting my eye?
Does the oil that is dripping mean this is a cry?
Will I ever be something with feelings to hide?
Or am I just a boiler with nothing inside?
I want all today
Don't want to hear you say
You can't do this, you can't do that
You're not a living thing with feelings
[Pre-Chorus]
One, two, three
[Chorus]
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
[Bridge]
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles)
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles)
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles, goggles, goggles)
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles)
[Verse 3]
Colonel Walter was shocked when he learned from the Nile
(I want all today, brass goggles)
Copper African elephants turning hostile
(Don’t want to hear you say, brass goggles)
So he built these wonderful automaton blokes
(I love you, I love you, brass goggles, brass goggles)
And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(I love-love-love you, brass goggles, goggles, goggles, gog-gog-gog-gog-gog-goggles)
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(Wind me up, turn the gears, brass goggles, brass goggles)
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(Wind me up, turn the gears)
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(Wind me up, turn the gears, brass goggles)
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(Wind me up, turn the gears)
[Chorus]
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da (Brass goggles)
La-da-da-da-da (Brass goggles)
La-da-da-da-da (Brass goggles)
La-da-da-da-da-da (Brass goggles, brass goggles, brass goggles)
La-da-da-da-da (Brass goggles)
La-da-da-da-da (Brass goggles)
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da (Brass goggles)
[Outro]
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da)
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da)
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da)
A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
(La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da)