PLASTIC PEOPLE MACHINE [INTRO – TINY ROBOT VOICES] One! Two! Three! Four! Wait. Where’s four? [DEEP ROBOT] I ATE FOUR. [VERSE 1] Plastic people in a cardboard town Wind them up and knock them down Chrome little teeth and rubber shoes Everybody gets the mechanical blues Tick! Tock! Bend! Snap! Somebody put my elbows back! [BACKUP ROBOTS] Elbows back! Elbows back! We demand our elbows back! [CHORUS] SHAKE THE PLASTIC PEOPLE MACHINE! Make it ugly! Make it clean! SHAKE THE PLASTIC PEOPLE MACHINE! Yellow teeth and gasoline! Jump when the little bell rings! Dance when the telephone sings! [HIGH ROBOT CHOIR] DING-A-LING-A-LING-A-LING! [VERSE 2] I bought a brain from a vending machine It tasted blue It smelled like green My left foot joined a marching band My right foot doesn’t understand [ROBOT #2] LEFT! [ROBOT #3] RIGHT! [ROBOT #4] REFRIGERATOR! [ALL] CLOSE ENOUGH! [CHORUS] SHAKE THE PLASTIC PEOPLE MACHINE! Pull the lever! Count to three! SHAKE THE PLASTIC PEOPLE MACHINE! Something’s crawling underneath! Spin that dial! Kick that drum! Here comes something really dumb! [INSTRUMENTAL MALFUNCTION] [OVERLAPPING ROBOTS] Turn around! Fall apart! Buy another plastic heart! Turn around! Fall apart! Put the ending at the start! [BACKWARDS COUNTDOWN] Ten! Nine! Eight! Seventeen! Soup! Thursday! ZERO! [BREAKDOWN – DEEP ROBOT CHOIR] We are completely Completely Completely Completely— [HIGH ROBOT] What? [DEEP ROBOT] I FORGOT. [FINAL CHORUS] SHAKE THE PLASTIC PEOPLE MACHINE! Shake it harder! Make it scream! SHAKE THE PLASTIC PEOPLE MACHINE! Nobody knows what anything means! [ALL ROBOTS – FASTER] Wind it! Break it! Tape it! Fake it! Drop it! Kick it! LICK IT! [ONE ROBOT] Why did you lick it? [SILENCE] [CHILD ROBOT CHOIR] Because it was shiny. [GIANT SYNTH EXPLOSION]
