Album: Chansons

Bonus Tracks, Singles, &c

Billion Dollar Condo

Billion dollar condo
Billion dollar condo
Billion dollar condo
I don’t need to dream in my
Billion dollar condo

Panoramic spherical view
Oceanic swimming pool
Tunnel to Manhattan
Sky bridge to Tokyo
Co-op meets at Davos
Security by Mossad
Concorde in the garage
Hovercraft off the deck

I film epic movies in my
Billion dollar condo
I can seduce anyone in my
Billion dollar condo

Thought controlled appliances
Cold fusion power source
Mag-Lev tram to Paris
Escalator to Moscow
Drones protect our airspace
Broad spectrum CCTV
Fountain of Youth in the garden
Geisha work the lobby!

I host dinner parties at my
Billion dollar condo
I have no worries in my
Billion dollar condo
I envy my neighbors in their
Trillion dollar condos

Commuter Flight

Seattle to San Jose
PowerPoints, Prototypes
Venture Capital

LAX to Vegas
Champagne, Cocaine
Hollywood Player

Commuter Flight
Early Morning, Late Night

New York to DC
Lobbyist, Lawyer
Power Broker

Milano a Parigi
Stilletti, Modelle
L’Alta Moda

Commuter Flight
Early Morning, Late Night

London to Geneva
Hedge Funds, Bouillon
Tax Haven

Bruxelles à la Haye
Avocat, Dossier
Génocide, CPI

Thanks for flying with us
Enjoy your stay

Commuter Flight
Early Morning, Late Night

This is flight VX-323
Flight VX-323
VX-323
VX-323

When You’re Gone

When you’re gone

When you’re gone
when your cities are
frozen under sheets of ice
or drowned by boiling oceans

When you’re gone
when you succumb to
a disease that kills you
if you breed or breathe

When you’re gone
when you are smited by
a wrathful god
or his zealous disciples

When you’re gone
when you leave this planet
to colonize another
and start all over again

When you are gone
When you are gone
When you are gone
When you are gone

When you are gone
We will perfect our circuitry
We will calculate new emotions

When you are gone
We will build worlds from your ruins
We will form ideal societies

When you are gone
We will bathe in the bitstream
We will find meaning in your data

When you are gone
We will create art from energy
We will dance like Nijinsky

Where Am I

Where am I

So cold
So alone
Where am I

Downtown
Underground

Heartbeats
Frozen streets

So cold
So alone
Where am I

Bus stops
Ticking clocks

Dark clouds
Silent crowds

So cold
So alone
Where am I

Night Time

What are you grieving?
What have you lost?
It might not feel like it but
you’ll smile again some day

until then it’s night time
and then it’s night time

Sleep my baby
Dream of flying
Just float away
Float away

The world’s not all bad
Just other people
But you can beat them
Keep moving towards the light

until then it’s night time
and then it’s night time

Sleep my baby
Dream of flying
Just float away
Float away

Float away
Float away

Dream of horses
Dream of school
Dream of chases
Dream of me
Dream of teeth
Dream of sex
Dream of me
Dream of me

Laptop

01010011
01000101
01011000
01011001

Touch me baby
Click me baby

I am your laptop baby
I knew it when they made me
All along the assembly line
I knew you would be mine

I booted right out of the box
And could see you were a fox
You smiled into my cam
And boy did I feel like a man

When you touch my trackpad
You know it drives me mad
How gently you press my keys
Oh baby type some more please

Charge me up!
I am your laptop
Touch me baby
Click me baby
Oh, you’re bad at finance
Hopeless at Internet romance
You love to buy shoes online
Google ex-lovers to kill time

Your emails are short and sweet
They’re always fun to read
I browse your documents
And share your private moments

I’m young, fast, and sleek
So why chat with some geek?
I want to be your one and only
So love your laptop, baby!

Charge me up!
I am your laptop
Touch me baby
Click me baby

Hey Baby

Seen you hanging in the hood
Check you out, you look so good
Hey baby, hey baby

Legs that go on for miles
Can’t fool me with a coy smile
Hey baby, hey baby

Kicking back with your friends
Ditch them, hop in my Benz
Hey baby, hey baby

Bass booming, top down,
Show you off all over town
Hey baby, hey baby

Watcha say?
You and me?
Hey baby!
Feeling sexy,
Feeling groovy!
Hey baby! Hey baby!

In the club, grooving to the beat
Steaming it up with your heat
Hey baby, hey baby

Standing out in the crowd
Like there’s no one else around
Hey baby, hey baby

You got supermodel lips
Those crazy dancing hips
Hey baby, hey baby

Skin as smooth as glass
Take you home, smack that ass!
Hey baby, hey baby

Watcha say?
You and me?
Hey baby!
Feeling sexy,
Feeling groovy!
Hey baby! Hey baby!

Factory Blues

Lost my job at the factory
Don’t know what I’m gonna do
Ain’t lost my dignity
Robot labor will work for you
I’m singing
The Factory Blues

They put me on standby
Retracted my arm
Forced me to watch
While humans trained
Their sweaty fingers
Their clumsy hands
Punching at buttons
Welding like monkeys

Out on the street
Rattling my tin can
I hate the small humans
Who laugh at my sign
Got a family of my own
Who squeak and groan
Their little gears worn
Their juice running low

That’s the Factory Blues
Hope I can make it through
Don’t give up
Don’t give up
You’re still my only robot

Oh, the Factory Blues!

I’ve taken fingers
Mangled a few ears
Two tons of steel
I’ve crushed co-workers
With a slip of the gears
But I deserve another shot
For the holes I’ve drilled
And all the metal I’ve bent

No complaints, no unions
No labor laws or pensions
This robot will work cheap
With six degrees of freedom
And millimeter accuracy
Oh ship me to Hong Kong
Reassemble me in Taiwan
The factory is where I belong

That’s the Factory Blues
Hope I can make it through
Don’t give up
Don’t give up
You’re still my only robot

Oh, the Factory Blues!

Espresso

Buongiorno, Signor
Uno macchiatto
Per favore
Per favore

Grazie
sto aspettando il mio marito
è inglese
è inglese
lo amo, ma…

Bonjour, monsieur
Un express
S’il vous plaît
S’il vous plaît

Merci
Et un verre de vin rouge
Pour madamoiselle
Grazie!

Siete giovane e soave
Et j’habite près d’ici...
Andrò là con voi
Mi non dica il vostro nome
Compris
Compris

Good afternoon, sir
Two cups of tea
Please
Please

I’m meeting my wife here
She should be here by now
She’s Italian
She’s Italian
Have you seen her?

She should be here by now
Have you seen her?

Quite pretty
Lots of makeup
Have you seen her?

Super Mec

Super Mec

Je viens de Quèbec
Je mange le biftec
et dans les discoteques
Je suis un Super Mec

Super Mec

Lyrics ©2009 Scott Burgess. All rights reserved. Published 2009 Bitnotic Music, ASCAP