Story Behind The Song

Listen for the Zappa/Morrison inspired breakdown in the middle of the song. "I'm just a plastic robot for a world that doesn't care." Frank Zappa wrote in the song "Brown Shoe's Don't Make It," "Be a loyal plastic robot for a world that doesn't care."

Song Description

A man has been "a loyal plastic robot" to his career for most of his life. He's given everything to it, and as a result, he's been divorced twice, has no family, and no love! But one day he says THIS HAS GOT TO STOP! I won't live this way anymore! Not

Lyrics

I learned real young that I got to compete
'Cause my daddy said, Boy, don't you be no bum
So I started off runnin' when I hit the street
And I run, and I run, and I run, and I run (But then....)

I don't want to live like that no more
No! Not like that
I don't want to live like that no more
No! Not like that

Had me a lover call naked ambition
Left little time, baby, for the wife
Tried again with a second rendition
But that too went to the sacrifice (That's why...)

I don't want to live like that no more
No! Not like that
I don't want to live like that no more
No! Not like that

Spoken
I'm just a plastic robot for a world that doesn't care
Worried about the way I look, the way I wear my hair
I can't be a trophy that you put upon your shelf
Got no time for that, big man, I got to be myself
Maybe it's the time of year, or just the time of man
But it's time for me to turn around, and see just who I am
Well I won't live like that anymore
No, I won't live like that anymore
No, I won't live like that anymore
No, I won't live like that anymore, more, more, YEAH!

You judge a man by the works he's done
Did he play the game?
Could he play it rough?
But no one ever said on their dying bed
I got one regret; I didn't work enough (That's why....)

I don't want to live like that no more
No! Not like that
I don't want to live like that no more
No! Not like that
Not like that
Not like that