Mechanical Action chords by Michael Allen Harrison

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Verse 1
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I  can predict the future.
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Ah, you're bluffing.
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I   know how it will en d. How?
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That fuzzy one with the stuffing
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ends up his special friend.
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It's the same old story.
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Why him and why not us?
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We're modern and mechanical.
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But the boy still makes a fuss over toys
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that can't do anything.
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It's quite mysterious,
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preposterous, ridiculous,
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but look at us!
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Yes, look at us.
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We can wurb, buzz, and tick and tock,
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jiggle and swing and sway,
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blink and bounce,
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and when we rock,
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we'll rock all through the day.
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When we wind up nice and tight,
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the fun will never stop,
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we can jangle and zip
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all through the night.
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Just watch me when I pop
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Fuck,  the boy wants to guddle
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With his China dog
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He's got us in a muddle
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We're lost in a fog
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What's the big attraction
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When we act mechanical action?
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Where, oh where, oh where is the thrill
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When you're just standing still?
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When he came from the factory
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Right off the assembly line
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He was the latest in technology,
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the future of toyology
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Yet he thought he would be fine,
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that he was really gonna shine
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The playtime would be mine,
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and the boy would love me fine
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But the boy loved the stuffing,
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and I can't  help confessing
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It's all so depressing!
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I'll cry till I'm rusting!
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Till my mainspring is busting!
Turn hut!
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Five, six, seven, eight!
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What's the big attraction
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Without mechanical action?
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Where, oh where, oh where is the thrill
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When you're just standing still?
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Oh, the things we have,
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the main strings we have
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The jingle jingles we have,
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the whip and dings we have
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Don't mean a thing
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If we don't have
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Noooooooooooooooooooo
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