• Song:

    Artificial Man

  • Artist:

    Kinks

  • Album:

    Preservation Act 2

Intro:  C5 E5 G5 A5 D5 D5 G5

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I can't believe it's happening 
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I just want to stay the way that I am.
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I don't want to live a lie in an artificial world. 
        

      C5            E5
Let's build an antiseptic world, 
G5    A5
Full of artificial people. 
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Cure all diseases, conquer pain 
    G5
And monitor the human brain, 
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And see what thoughts you're thinking. 
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Observe your feelings, Secret fears, 
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Controlling everything you say and do 
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Oo oo o
    D5              G5
And we will build a master race 
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To live within our artificial world. 


G5
Tell it to the people all across the land, 
                                   C5
We're going to build an artificial man 
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artificial artificial man artificial artificial man


G5
With the physique of a Tarzan 

And the profile of a Cary Grant, 
                                 C5
A superior being Totally made by hand. 
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artificial artificial man artificial artificial man
G5
Throw out imperfection, 

Mould you section by section, 
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Gonna make you the ultimate creation. 
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I can visualise the day 
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When the world will be controlled by artificial people, 
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But I don't want to live a lie in an artificial world. 


G5                     F5
Tell the world that we finally did it, 
G5                  F5
Made a man that's totally programmed, 
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Preconditioned thoughts and emotions, 
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Push-button artificial man. 

Did you ever want to live forever? 

Well here's your chance to be a total automaton 

'Cos we've improved on God's creation 

An outdated homo sapien. 
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artificial artificial man artificial artificial man
Make you taller if you want it 
Make your hair grow longer if you need it. 
If it doesn't exist then I guess we can breed it. 
artificial artificial man artificial artificial man
There'll be no disagreements, 
We'll dedicate our lives to achievements, 
And organise your life and keep it totally planned. 
artificial artificial man artificial artificial man

I can visualise the day 
When the world will be controlled by artificial people, 
But I don't want to live a lie in an artificial world. 

Tell the world we finally did it. 
Modified the population, 
Put your senses and your mind 
Under constant observation 
Even when you're dreaming. 
Replaced your nose, heart and lungs, 
So shake me with your artificial hand. 
We went and built a master race 
To live within our artificial world.
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