Metal Lyrics

	we're in the building where they make us grow
	and i'm frightened by the liquid engineers
	like you

			 my Mallory heart is sure to fail
	i could crawl around the floor just like i'm real
						 like you

	the sound of metal i want to be you
	i could learn to be a man
	like you

		    plug me in and turn me on
		    oh everything is moving

	i need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
	singing "i am an American"
	do you?

	       picture this if they could make the change
		 i'd love to pull the wires from the wall
						  did you?

	and who are you and how can i try
	her inside i like metal
	aren't you

		    all i know is no one dies
		    i'm still confusing love with need


 Gary Numan, "Metal", _T_h_e _P_l_e_a_s_u_r_e _P_r_i_n_c_i_p_l_e (Beggars Banquet/ATCO 1979)