Cabinet Man

The day they found me, I hadn't yet been played
 Inside my workshop behind the old arcade
 Electric desires had unraveled all my wires
 Now I'm in the box for safekeeping
 The news reporters reported that I died
 But all my organs were living on inside
 Circuit board to brain with two lungs collecting change
 One big human heart gently beeping
 You can't win me, I can't be beat
 I won't hurt you unless you cheat
 You can't see me behind the screen
 I'm half human and half machine
 Thank God for business, they let me take the floor
 I stood so proudly, like I was going to war
 Players soon appeared and I quickly was revered
 This must be what love would have felt like
 Such dedication, they came from miles away
 With eyes so piercing, they'd wait their turn to play
 In perfect patient lines because I was in their minds
 I could do whatever I felt like (whatever I felt like)
 You can't win me, I can't be beat
 I won't hurt you unless you cheat
 You can't see me behind the screen
 I'm half human and half machine
 I'm happy for years and years
 And, only eating the occasional maintenance man
 Only driving a few kids to madness
 Maybe they were predisposed to madness, who knows?
 I only want to have fun
 But now they're telling me my days here are done
 'Cause there's a tiny little box they make in Japan
 And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand
 It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe
 The arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve
 Someone's broken in, now they're painting on my skin
 Breaking me and taking my quarters
 Bashing in my face with a crowbar
 Kicking me and pushing me over
 Now they see my blood on their sneakers
 You can't win me, I can't be beat
 I won't hurt you unless you cheat
 You can't see me behind the screen
 I'm half human and half machine