Reed - The Man's Machine lyrics

[Sample: Angelic Upstarts] This song's one of our first songs off the new album It's about punks, skins, straights I was walking along the street, minding my own affair Suddenly, two policemen grabbed me and I wasn't aware They said, "Is your name Mensi?" I said, "Why, sure" He says, "You're the punk that I've been waiting for, you're nicked" [Verse 1] Better the devil you know Confess, I guess I was the lesser of the two evils Convalesce about the stress the test caused Had me up and on the board Now I'm chairman of the board, I'm coming back for sequels Do you ever really think you've won? Nah, you're feeble, nothing on this far-gone son Or his people know nothing of the sh** I've done Sailed the seven seas to catch a breeze And took it back home in a trunk Met a matador who said his wild woman is more Terrifying than any red bull that he saw Set a sail, set a rail, met them kings and queens There's so many trust, just the amphetamines Well, her dream would've been that the boy's got clean That her father never got his heart caught up in the man's machine But it seems, even if I go away There's always a part of me willing to stay [Chorus] Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel Underground travel in overcast weather Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel Maybe one day things will get better [Verse 2] I met Gods and monsters, women from Wisconsin Swimming in linen with another that's not their partner Chicago beats a ba** drum, on my journey I met Ernie Showed me spots where Al Capone got drunk I'm a lover, I'm a brother and a son I'm a traitor and I'm on the run, watch 'em come As she said while she driving in her car, "Katie's drunker than the bar" She's been smacking hard shoulders since before she's legal I'm a dragnet running through a city of sin And he's a hard-done ba*tard taking it in Well, I see what I say, save it on the way You can't sit and bawl but they're bawling away Well, she's cried all the tears for all of their fears Well, she run away, she set the place Now what we'll never see is the fears Take it as she's seen it, get away Well, there's always a part of her, she's willing to stay [Chorus] Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel Underground travel in overcast weather Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel Maybe one day things will get better [Bridge] Run, run boy-o, chase it to the border, border Should have also told her I was cannon fodder Would've if I could've screamed to her, shout and holler Then I could've saved the girl from the man's machine Run boy-o, chase it to the border, border Should have also told her I was cannon fodder Would've if I could've screamed to her, shout and holler Then I could've saved the girl from the man's machine [Chorus] Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel Underground travel in overcast weather Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel All we've got to keep us together Stone, gla**, concrete and gravel Maybe one day things will get better