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VERSE I
HE PUNCHED THE CLOCK AT 8 A.M. & PUNCHED IT OUT AT 5.
HE DID HIS JOB SO VERY WELL.
HE REALLY KEPT THAT PLACE ALIVE.
WELL, HIS BUDDIES STILL REMEMBER HIM & HOW HE LEAD THAT SHOP SO WELL.
THEY WON THE PRIZE FOR MAKING NUMBBER ONE IN THE PRODUCTIVITY WELL.
SO, NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTOOD ALTHOUGH THEY HEARD IT SAID,
A ROBOT WILL REPLACE YOU BOY, AND PUT YOUR JOB TO BED.
VERSE II
THE BRAIN POLICE, THEY BUILT THE BOX, WITH ARMS & WHEELS & EYES.
THEY GAVE IT LOTS OF THINGS TO DO. THEY GAVE IT HIS DISQUISE.
THEY SAID, "THIS IS THE MODERN WAY.
IT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE CARE FREE"!
BUT NOW HE HAS NO JOB TO GO TO & NO ALTERNATIVE.
CAUSE WHEN YOU'VE WORKED FOR TWENTY YEARS OR MORE,
AND ALL THOSE YEARS ARE GONE,
THEY SAY YOU'RE SO MUCH OLDER NOW.
THE YOUNGER ONES ARE STRONG
VERSE III
AND AS THE ANCHORMAN POSED THE QUESTION,
OUR HANCUFFED HERO FADES FROM VIEW.
WHAT MADE YOU DO IT BOY?
WHY DID YOU BREAK THE GOLDEN RULE/
THE MEANING OF MY MISSION, AS I SEE IT INSIDE OUT,
YOUR ROBOT MAY REPLACE MY JOB,
A BUT YOU LEFT MY SPIRIT OUT!
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