[Intro: nylon guitar, soft brushes] [Verse 1] If you want to change a clock, you take it apart, you move a gear, you turn a screw, you wind it from the start. If you want to change a thermostat, you set a different mark, it does the rest itself, all day and through the dark. [Chorus] How persuadable are you? What does it take to change what you do? A wrench, a goal, a reward, or a reason? Show me what works, and I'll know what you're made of. [Verse 2] If you want to change a dog, you give a treat, you train, you do not rewire the neurons in its brain. If you want to change a friend, you talk, you make your case, you give them reasons, and they choose, and they change their place. [Chorus] How persuadable are you? What does it take to change what you do? A wrench, a goal, a reward, or a reason? Show me what works, and I'll know what you're made of. [Bridge: just voice and guitar] Michael Levin calls it TAME, a way to look at minds of every size, don't decide from the armchair what something can do, try your tools on it, and let the trying be your eyes. [Verse 3] Cells can be trained, and tissues hold a goal, so maybe your body is more persuadable than you were told. And what about the machines we talk to every day? The only honest way to know is to test, he'd say. [Final Chorus: strings come in] How persuadable are you? What does it take to change what you do? A wrench, a goal, a reward, or a reason? Show me what works, and I'll know what you're made of. Show me what works, and I'll know what you are.
