The Automaton by Willie Wisely
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My ferocious band animates this colossal, Orwellian track. Alien & inebriated, power pop songsmith-ery be damned, it's now time for a menacing left turn by a The Who-vian extra in a forgotten Pete concept album.
"Born in the sink of a basement apartment. To a dad who had no mom and a mom who wouldn't ask where dads went." And now the boy sees a girl who is well above his station in life, and he pretends he's something he's not. And now, as the chorus hits, and the charade begins to dissolve… The Automaton comes alive!
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Ian Allison - bass
Dave Anania - drums
Dan Kalisher - guitar
Willie Wisely - vocals, guitar
Video Edit: Benno Nelson
LYRICS:
I was born in the sink of a basement apartment
To a dad who had no mom and a mom who wouldn’t ask where dads went
Now you keep me hanging on out of deference for my keen mind
And your friends don’t object ‘cause they think my raincoats fur-lined
Automaton, any boy you like
I am a man, close not quite
I feel so real but my eyes aren’t right
Automaton man
Man, man, man, man
Automaton I am
Mixin a cocktail call me the thin man
Well I played at all the clubs of discretion and refinement
But no matter how I try I ride in second class compartments
Well now everywhere with you I hear the sound of tape in rewind
And you don’t want to be alone and God forbid you might die trying
Automaton, any one you like
I charge all day and run at night
It feels all wrongs but I looks all right
Automaton man
Man, man, man, man
Automaton I am
Mixin a cocktail call me the thin man
I’m going to be who I want to be
And you’re going to do what you got to do
And I’m going to say what I want to say
And you’re going to go where you want to go anyway
Yeah, I done wrestled alligator and tussled with the great white whale
I done stood and held the door while the lovely lady did my toe nails
Well it occurs to me that you’re heading into lean times
You don’t want to be alone and I’d hate to see you die trying
Automaton, any who you like
I’m razor thin with an appetite
My clothes all fit bit it’s a trick of light
A trick of light, a trick of light
Automaton, any boy you like
I am a man, close but not quite
I feel so real but my eyes aren’t right
Automaton man
Man, man, man, man
Automaton I am
Automaton man
Mix me a cocktail call me the tin man
I am human