Though today you might be riding
The engines of progress
Working in the media factory
Call me if you ever feel like letting go
And we'll remember the days of
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
Dynamo-o-o-o-o-o-o-oh
Swimming in the soundwaves
Of the playback from the eight-track
I think your mind was born with water wings
And now when I see you
All our generation screams
I remember the dreams of
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
Kid Dynamo, I remember you
Kid Dynamo, the hours I spent with you
Kid Dynamo, 'cause I invented you
All that we said
How media builds stars
And our minds won't change
Only our cars
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo,
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
Kid Dynamo, I remember you
Kid Dynamo, because I speak of you
Kid Dynamo, 'cause I invented you
Kid Dynamo
Pogo Johnny kicked me in the head,
Aimin' for the floorboards but they picked me up instead
Through the ringing of the night before
Said the engine's running, gotta pay a call
Johnny drove the halftrack
Cause we could not find the jeep
Wake me in the morning
Gotta get some sleep
Driving all night out of fear
Got it in the ribs every time I changed gear
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Gonna go where we've never been
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
(pickin' up, pickin' up the team)
God you know it's hard to keep the fighting clean
Pogo Johnny gonna fight the war
Chaplain in the morning at the local liquor store
Pogo coughin' bad from diesel fumes
Johnny tell the chaplain go and polish his tombs
Lying on the wasteground with a blanket on his face
Indicating that he's left the human race
Helmet open where the world came in
Gotta keep your head if you wanna win
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Gonna go where we've never been
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
(pickin' up, pickin' up the team)
God you know it's hard to keep the fighting clean
Lost a million in the very first attack
Don't you worry cause we know we'll get them back
Lost a million in the very first attack
Don't you worry cause we know we'll get them back
I had a dream on a back lot
And saw my life like a long shot
Of smiling faces in a picture parade
Of all the stills from the films that you made
That we would see in the Essoldo
After drinking coffee at the (G.O. condo? Giocondo?)
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, I look at me
Now I work for the BBC
Life is not what it used to be
I took no dives in the fight scene
I had a stuntman keep my suit clean
There's no technology to fake up a song
They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, I look at me
Now I work for the BBC
Life is not what it used to be
Elstree
They made a field into a war zone
I beat the enemy on my own
All the bullets just went over my head
There's no reality and no one dead in
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
All of those wild American bilinguals
Who'll talk to you in Paris of their lonely lives
School days and last days out there in the Midwest
They climb on the liners to rejoin their wives
Walking down boulevards electric eyes
Would gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size
Let them be lonely and say you don't care
Astroboy... (I'm watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy... (I'm watching the proles on parade)
Ulla with blond hair
Would stand by your side
And the friends who were hungry
Could swallow your pride
Chromium headsets, their video screens
Would show pictures of helplessness
Old kings and queens
Radio stations that fade as in dust
All their transmitters are crumbling with rust
Let them be broken and say you don't care
Astroboy... (I'm watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy... (I'm watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy... (I'm watching the proles on parade)
Let them be broken and say you don't care
Astroboy... (I'm watching the proles on parade)
Down, down, they pause and walk away
Even in the streets your feet don't move
See their faces through the Perspex
Turn to stare back up at you
You--your eyes are green and mine are blue
In the subway darkness I am watching you
Oh, my, my, you are so sci-fi,
Please will you let me ride?
Johnny, riding on the monorail
Johnny, riding on the monorail
Monorail
You--you know that life is terminal,
It's the Paris Pullman in your mind again
Eyes like cameras move their lenses
Take this dream I offer you
Johnny, riding on the monorail
Johnny, riding on the monorail
Johnny, riding on the monorail
All we cannot see we call invisible
Tracks that move on pylons through the sky
Oh, my, my, you are so sci-fi
Please will you let me ride?
Johnny riding on the monorail
Johnny riding on the monorail
Johnny riding on the monorail
Johnny on the monorail
Johnny on the monorail
Johnny on the monorail
Johnny on the monorail (Johnny goes home...)
Johnny on the monorail (Johnny goes home...)
Johnny on the monorail
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
Monorail
Down, down to pause and walk away
Even in the streets your feet don't move
See their faces through the perspex
Turn to stare back up at you
You, your eyes are green and mine are blue
In the subway darkness I am watching you
Oh my, my, you are so sci-fi,
Please will you let me ride?
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
Monorail
You, you know that life is terminal
It's the Paris Pullman in your mind again
Eyes like cameras move their lenses
Take this dream I offer you
All we cannot see we call invisible
Tracks that move like pylons through the sky
Oh my, my, you are so sci-fi
Please will you let me ride?
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail
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