Songwriter: Gary Numan
Producer: Gary Numan
We have a random on the west side
Personality malfunction
He said, "I can't give you anything at all
Just a room with a bad view of you"
He sent a letter to a downstat
Saying, "Sorry that I missed you
But I can't think of anything to do"
He's addicted to the time track
We have a technical
We have a technical
He's in a hotel where they all go
Saying "Boy, I've lost my memory"
It's so surprising just how quickly things can end
Like a hero on a platform of friends
This table is so crowded
With people that I don't know
And I never really turn my thoughts on you
So the image breaks down again
We have a technical
We have a technical
I suppose it's very shady
At least until the lights go out
Advertising posters on the wall
And the young ones singing softly
Do they ever come back
Or is it always at the wrong time?
I could crawl around the floor just like I'm real
And move a hand in front of my eyes
We have a technical
We have a technical
We have a technical
We have a technical
Personality malfunction
He said, "I can't give you anything at all
Just a room with a bad view of you"
He sent a letter to a downstat
Saying, "Sorry that I missed you
But I can't think of anything to do"
He's addicted to the time track
We have a technical
We have a technical
He's in a hotel where they all go
Saying "Boy, I've lost my memory"
It's so surprising just how quickly things can end
Like a hero on a platform of friends
This table is so crowded
With people that I don't know
And I never really turn my thoughts on you
So the image breaks down again
We have a technical
We have a technical
I suppose it's very shady
At least until the lights go out
Advertising posters on the wall
And the young ones singing softly
Do they ever come back
Or is it always at the wrong time?
I could crawl around the floor just like I'm real
And move a hand in front of my eyes
We have a technical
We have a technical
We have a technical
We have a technical
more tracks from the album
Replicas
- Praying to the Aliens
- The Crazies
- We Are So Fragile
- I Nearly Married a Human
- Me! I Disconnect from You
- The Machman
- Replicas
- Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
- We Have a Technical
- When the Machines Rock
- Down in the Park
- Do You Need the Service?
- It Must Have Been Years
- You Are in My Vision
- Only a Downstat
- I Nearly Married a Human 2
From the album
- Replicas (1979)
Tubeway Army popular songs
- Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
- Listen to the Sirens
- It Must Have Been Years
- Do You Need the Service?
- Down in the Park
- My Shadow in Vain (Original Version)
- When the Machines Rock
- Something’s in the House
- We Have a Technical
- The Life Machine
- My Love Is a Liquid
- Are You Real?
- The Dream Police
- Friends
- My Shadow in Vain
- Jo the Waiter
- Praying to the Aliens
- Only a Downstat
- You Are in My Vision
- Steel and You
- Replicas
- The Machman
- Me! I Disconnect from You
- I Nearly Married a Human