living in the plastic age (b/w island) released as a single jan. 18 1980
trevor horn / geoff downes
every day my metal friend shakes my bed at six am (hello!)
then the shiny serving clones run in with my telephones
talking fast now make a deal buy the fake and sell what's real
whats this pain here in my chest maybe i should take a rest
they send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
and as they drag you through the dark they tell you that you failed the test
(living in the)
living in the plastic age looking only half my age
hello doctor lift my face i wish my skin could stand the pace
in my bed i read my mind remember how the mice were blind
i watch them fighting in their cage could this be the plastic age?
they send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
and as they drag you through the dark they tell you that you failed the test
(living in the)
plastic age! plastic age! plastic age!
they send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
and as they drag you through the dark they tell you that you failed the test
(living in the)
plastic age! plastic age! plastic age!
every day my metal friend shakes my bed at six am (hello!)