Robbie Williams

Released: October 26, 1998

Songwriter: Robbie Williams Guy Chambers

Producer: Guy Chambers Steve Power

[Verse 1]
Sitting in the cheap seats underneath the stars
I'm heading back to base, I'll drop you off at Mars
I'm sure I know your face or what star you're from
I try to make conversation but I'm too far gone

[Chorus]
I'm a man machine
Drinking gasoline
Super human being
Shooting laser beams

[Verse 2]
How you gonna leave, when your bags ain't packed?
And how you gonna shoot, when we're back to back?
How d'you tell a joke, when you can't laugh?
You know that you're the punchline, baby, take a bath

[Chorus]
I'm a man machine
Drinking gasoline
Super human being
I'm a queen's dream

[Bridge]
The dog has ate my homework today
It's not done, it ain't done
I have heard they're not very well
In the sun

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a man machine
I'm a queen's dream
Drinking gasoline
I'm a queens dream
Yeah, help

[Verse 4]
How you gonna live for love lying on your back?
And how you gonna keep it clean in a dirty mac?
How you gonna breathe when you're lost in space?
You're dazed and amused, talking through a different face

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a man machine
Drinking gasoline
I'm a teen dream
I'm a man machine
I'm a man machine
I'm a man machine
Drinking gasoline

One of Britain’s biggest pop acts, Robbie Williams is an English singer-songwriter. He originally rose to fame in boy band Take That but left the group in 1995 to pursue a solo career.

He released his debut album, Life Thru a Lens, in 1997. Although slow to take off, after the success of single “Angels”, the album rose to No.1 in the UK charts. Then his second album, I’ve Been Expecting You, became an even bigger success. Released in 1998, it produced hits “Millennium”, “Strong” and “She’s the One”.

His success continued on third album Sing When You’re Winning, released in 2000, which contains hits “Rock DJ”, “Kids” and “Supreme”; fourth album Swing When You’re Winning (2001) a compilation of big band standards, with single “Somethin' Stupid”; fifth album Escapology (2002), which contains the hit “Feel”; sixth album Intensive Care (2005) with hits “Tripping” and “Sin Sin Sin”.

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I’ve Been Expecting You

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I’ve Been Expecting You (1998)
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