I stay in my room   All alone in the gloom   What need I of light?   Machines they can see in the night      And I feel no pain   Metal heart and a metal brain   But something is wrong   'Cause I still feel that signal coming in so      I stand at your door   I guess I'll wait a moment more   Your hall light comes on   And now my turn to fire upon      But I wheel away   Defer my plight for another day   To dream of your face   But a video screen takes its place      Hey, oh, it's true   I'm a helpless automaton   Make an ultimatum to you      Hey, it's true   Machin'ry in my pocket   I've even got a docket from you      I went to the man   I told him a robot is what I am   But he just smiled   Said, I was a fractious child      "Distrusted not rusted"   That's why I feel so disgusted   But I know he's wrong   'Cause I haven't felt this way for very long      Hey, it's true   I'm a helpless automaton   Make an ultimatum to you      Hey, it's true   Machin'ry in my pocket   I've even got a docket from you      It's true   I'm a helpless automaton   Make an ultimatum to you      It's true   Machin'ry in my pocket   I've even got a docket from you   From you, from you, from you