My Robot - Looper

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