Automaton from Automaton by Harvey McLaughlin

If you loved me just a quarter
of as much as I love you
We’d sail across the cosmos
just like the mystics do
Wind me pretty baby
wind me up and watch me go
Go through every motion
just like I did before

Automaton

I heard stories of a soldier
about a hundred years ago
On this very ground he stood
and he pledged his love to her
He offered her the ocean
but she did not feel the same
Took his battle worn bayonet
and opened up his jugular vein

Automaton
Automaton
Wind me up and watch me go
Just like I did before

Cast me through the shadows
through the silhouettes and steam
Schemes and machinations
just cogs inside my dreams
Wind me pretty baby
wind me up and watch me go
Go through every motion
just like I did before

Automaton
Automaton
Wind me up and watch me go
Just like I did before

• Rock
• piano rock
• roots rock
• singer-songwriter
• San Antonio