Helpless Automaton Songtext
von Men at Work

I stay in my room
All alone in the gloom
What need I of light?
Machines, they can see in the night
And I feel no pain
Metal heart and a metal brain
But something is wrong
′Cause I still feel that signal coming in so

I stand at your door
I guess I'll wait a moment more
Your hall light comes on
And now my turn to fire upon
But I wheel away
Defer my plight, for another day
To dream of your face
But a video screen takes its place


Hey, oh, it′s true
I'm a helpless automaton, make an ultimatum to you
It's true
Machinery in my pocket, I′ve even got a docket from you

I went to the man, I told him a robot is what I am
But he just smiled, said I was a fractious child
"Distrusted, not rusted," that′s why I feel so disgusted
But I know he's wrong, ′cause I haven't felt this way for very long

Hey, it′s true
I'm a helpless automaton, make an ultimatum to you
It′s true
Machinery in my pocket, I've even got a docket from you
It's true
I′m a helpless automaton, make an ultimatum to you
It′s true
Machinery in my pocket, I've even got a docket from you

From you
From you
From you