Looper

Down there in the wind and the sirens
Down there in the city below
What they need is keeping its silence
Way down under the New York snow
Under the New York snow

And up here I read in the papers
They say the night will fall to seven below
And I read safe by the fire
My guilt is covered in New York snow
Covered in New York Snow

A broken ring is all they have
They never could indict me
And though my brave detective tries
The thing that would convict me
Is under the New York snow

He breaks his back, he lies awake
He tries so hard it moves me
But one thing's still beyond his grasp
The answer to this mystery
Is under the New York Snow

Down there in the wind and the sirens
Down there in the city below
What they need is keeping its silence
Way down under the New York snow
Under the New York snow

Here comes the girl who changed my world
With a rock and a feather,
Now I've got to tell her-

That when you're stuck and out of luck,
When you can't make the bird sing
There's only one thing to do:

You cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Someone will pay, we'll be okay,
There no need to worry,
We'll get the money.

You know this street has lost its beat,
And people are saying
That we're not paying our way.

So cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

No-one else will care,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

You know it's only fair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

One day in time the sun will shine,
We'll be out of trouble,
Out of trouble.

But today there's bills to pay,
So pluck up your courage,
Grab your courage and cut.

And cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Ah, don't be so square,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

You've got a lot to spare,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Here comes the girl who changed my world
With a rock and a feather,
Now I've got to tell her-

That when you're stuck and out of luck,
When you can't make the bird sing
There's only one thing to do.

There's still no hotel on the moon
(I remember reading there would be a pill you could take, instead of eating a meal.)
And no-one has travelled to Mars
(And everyone would live in things called biospheres.)
This is the year where the future was set
(And everything would be virtual reality.)
There's still no hotel on the moon
(And virtual reality's still only a dream.)
I've not seen a time machine yet

This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world
This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world

I spoke on a video phone
(I read a story from the past.)
I played round in cyberspace too
(I read a story from the past, that was set in the present.)
Here's where the future was set
(I read a story about the future.)
And here are the things that we do

This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world
This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all of my songs

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all my songs
And I'd send him out into the morning to see what he could see -
Just to roll around the city, and store it all up in his memory
Then when he got back he could cut up the drum breaks
Make the loops

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all my songs
And I sent off for the book that told me how to re-arrange its circuits
I bought all the new bits it said I would need
Then I opened my robot up
And I got to work

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all my songs
And I spent days soldering -
Till the whole house smelt like the Paris metro
In summertime
And I was driving on by the thought
Of how I would have the time just to live
When he made all the loops

And when finally I was finished
And I switched him back on
Nothing happened
He didn't work at all
And now I've spent months on him
Hours and hours every day
And a lot of money too
And he just lies in pieces in the corner of the room
Totally useless