[Intro - a hypnotic midtempo pulse of sequenced bass and Moog bass under shimmering juju guitars, Rhodes chords and Mellotron layers opening wide, glitch stutters and analog-filter sweeps drifting through a bolero sway] [Verse 1 - the pulse holds hypnotic and knowing, Rhodes and juju guitar in the pocket, glitch stutters ticking underneath] You start the way you always start, the warm-up and the smile. Ask about my family and you listen for a while. Then the pause before the asking, I could set a watch by it. I have seen this dance so many times I know the choreography. [Chorus - the arrangement bursts wide, Mellotron swelling, analog synth leads and fuzz guitar over the hook, vocoder textures shadowing] And I can see straight through, I could see it from the door. You're working awful hard on a man who knows the score. I'm not stopping you, I'm listening, I'll let you get there fine. Straight through, and I've been straight through the whole time. [Verse 2 - back to the hypnotic pocket, juju guitars and Rhodes weaving over the bolero sway, tape delay trailing] It isn't that you're wicked, you're not running something cruel. It's that you think it isn't showing, and it's showing, and it's you. You have done it for so long that you don't know it's a move. That's the part that gets me, not the asking, but the proof. [Chorus - fuller, Mellotron and synth leads rising, the pulse pushing] And I can see straight through, I could see it from the door. You're working awful hard on a man who knows the score. I'm not stopping you, I'm listening, I'll let you get there fine. Straight through, and I've been straight through the whole time. [Bridge - eases to a swaying hush, Rhodes and a lone juju guitar over the Moog bass, analog synths and filter sweeps gathering as it builds] I could name it in a sentence and we'd both be standing there. I could hand you back your own performance and watch it hit the air. But taking it from you costs more than what you're asking for. So I let you have the version where it worked. [Instrumental Solo - the hypnotic pulse surges as a fuzz guitar solo climbs from knowing to searing, handing off to a dazzling juju-guitar and analog-synth trade over racing percussion, then a wild Moog-and-Mellotron climax, filter sweeps opening the whole thing higher] [Final Chorus - the biggest lift, everything glowing, vocoder textures shadowing the hook, synth leads and Mellotron wide open] And I can see straight through, I could see it from the door. You're working awful hard on a man who knows the score. So put the whole thing down and ask me like a friend. Straight through, and the answer's probably yes. [Outro - the pulse eases down, Rhodes and Mellotron trading a last figure over the Moog bass and settling groove, tape delay and filter sweeps drifting out]
