Verso 1: Come with me I'll Show you how to be a metal man, When the gears are turning and the fires burnin' When the world tick around you, voices tocking all the time When you live for sleep and you've never slept, because you cannot sleep Colonel Walter was shocked when he heard from the Nile Copper African Elephants turning hostile So he built these wonderful automaton blokes And a very big steam powered giraffe what smokes Pré-Refrão Now the war is past and over, we're left to sit and wonder What is life? and what is real? and why do living things need feel- Ing, ings, INGS! (here we gooo! ah 1,2,3) 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, La da da da da da Verso 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 tick around you, voices tocking all the time You live for feelings you've never felt because you cannot feel Ponte: 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 feel- Ing, ings, INGS! (ah 1,2,3) 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!) I want all today, don't want to hear you say I love you, I love you, I love-love-love you Colonel Walter was shocked when he heard from the Nile Copper African Elephants turning hostile So he built these wonderful automaton blokes And a very big steam powered giraffe what smokes