Step up and make a move
No time to lose
Now tie your shoes
(Automaton, automaton, automaton, automaton)
Win or lose, don't make a move
No time to choose
It's time to prove
(Automaton, automaton, automaton, automaton)

We thought we had a right to know
(Poor little babies)
Now you'll never have the time to know
(Whoa baby, baby)

Play it straight and don't be late
No time to waste
You'll lose your place
(Automaton, automaton, automaton, automaton)
Take a look in back of you
There's nothing new in front of you
(Automaton, automaton, automaton, automaton)

We thought we had a right to know
(Poor little babies)
Now you'll never have the time to know
(Whoa baby, baby)
And yеsterday comes when you look in thе mirror
Your lifetime full of lies just becomes a little clearer
And someone's looking back at you, but you can't remember
If something might've happened, or if that's the way they found you
You're spinning around as you fall to the ground
Your head smacks the floor, you make a gurgling sound
And no one's gonna give a fuck when you're not around
'Cause that's the way they play the game
And that's the way they'll find you

[Guitar solo]

We thought we had a right to know
(Poor little babies)
Now you'll never have the time to know
(Oh baby, baby)

And yesterday comes when you look in the mirror
Your lifetime full of lies just becomes a little clearer
And someone's looking back at you, but you can't remember
If something might've happened, or if that's the way they found you
You're spinning around as you fall to the ground
Your head smacks the floor, you make a gurgling sound
And no one's gonna give a fuck when you're not around
'Cause that's the way they play the game
And that's the way they'll find you
(Pay today the quota, pay today the quota)
(Pay today the quota, pay today the quota)
(Pay today the quota, pay today the quota)
(Pay today the quota, pay today the quota)
(Please don't take my quarter, please don't take my quarter)
(Please don't take my quarter, please don't take my quarter)
(Please don't take my quarter, please don't take my quarter)
(Please don't take my quarter, please don't take my quarter)...