Tubeway Army
The Life Machine
Tubeway Army (1978)

(ti-drum)  x

A ----2---4----4---2--  x 2
E --0---0----0---0----

Me I've just died
But some machine keeps on humming
I'm just an extra piece
Of dead meat to keep running

  f♯            g             a
  Why won't you let me die in peace?
  Why won't you let me die with some kind of honor?
  Why won't you let me die at all?
    f
  I know - you've got your principles

riff  x 2

My body lies immobile
I left it days ago
And me I watch from somewhere
As the loved ones come and go

  I see them glancing at the switch
  I hear them whispering maybe it's better that way
  I see the love turn into feelings
  I know - aren't quite the same

riff  x 12  (5e: w/ mélodie)
 
I see the men of learning
Pacing to and fro
But how can I expect
The sane to ever know?

  I'd rather die than have no mind
  I know my brain is gone damaged beyond repair
  I see an empty shell below me
  I know - I've had my time

riff  x 6  w/ mélodie

mélodie  x 2

(ti-drum)...