Brass Goggles

Attune your ears to the grinding gears
 Oh, 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 talking 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 were 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?
 (Are you ready?)
 (I can't hear you)
 (One, two, three)
 La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
 La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-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
 How'd you like to try pumping lead through your veins?
 Or have a heart so wet and cold, it starts rusting
 When your break ticks aren't stopping, voices talking all the time
 When 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
 (One, two, three)
 La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
 La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da-da
 La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
 La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
 Wind me up, turn the gears (brass goggles)
 Wind me up, turn the gears (brass goggles)
 Wind me up, and turn the gears (brass-)
 Wind me up, turn the gears (goggles, goggles, goggles)
 Colonel Walter was shocked when he learned from the Nile
 Copper African Elephants were turning hostile
 So he built these wonderful automaton blokes
 And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
 La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
 La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-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
 A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
 And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
 And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes
 A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes