The Machman - Early Version

I saw him turn on
 Like a machine in the park
 Saying "please come with me"
 But you've been there before
 I saw him whirr away
 Into the night
 Like a nightmare on wheels
 Saying "never again"
 I'd give it all up for you
 I'd even be a number just for you
 The strangest living boy
 You could ever wish to see
 that's me
 Yellowed newspapers
 Tell the story of someone
 do you know this man?
 Tomorrow the cure
 Only police ever
 See night time for real
 Turn on the light
 And cry "no more, no more"
 I was standing outside your door
 Waiting for the grey men to go
 When my mind turned on me
 With a vengeance I had never known
 My own
 Everyone heard
 The voice on the radio
 Saying "why move around
 And waste my time"
 There are no
 Independents anymore
 The tape is a circle
 But who really cares
 I saw you behind the wall
 I even heard you laugh at me
 You disgust me tonight
 With your answer to something new
 That's you