Technotronic Lad - Shawn Phillips

Well my eyes flew open this morning

I was thinking about a troubled dream

The technotronic lad was feeling very bad

He was working on a naughty scheme

If we can get some of that good brown rice

From out of that oozin mud

Throw it on a platter say lookee here

I took it with my own red blood

No, you can’t make me believe that’s right

You’re wrong in what you say

You computed your head

While laying in a bed on a bright and sunny day

Full of vermouth while searching for the truth

In a slight haphazard way

Then you told me that the band would play

On a dull and gloomy day

And I know it’s not true

Well he got out his toy computer

Little slide rule in green

Started calculation with a bit of fabrication

On a world with his promised dream

Territorial right was what he had to fight

And he said he knew that 'it ain’t mine'

But see here now child

We been good everything’ll just be fine

He was expending all of his power

They took away one of his toys

And old mother Hubbard was running around

Saying what have you done to my boys

With your nice clean clothes

You’re playing in the mud

You don’t listen to my advice

Now sit here and get in this house

And watch the cat go looking for mice

Well I hope to God that that woman’s right

She’s right in what she say