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The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age (1980)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Vocals
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes
Keyboards
Dave Birch
Dave Birch
Guitar
Richard James Burgess
Richard James Burgess
Drums
Tina Charles
Tina Charles
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Songwriter
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Buggles
The Buggles
Producer
Gary Langan
Gary Langan
Mixing Engineer
Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Every day my metal friend
Shakes my bed at 6am
Then the shiny serving clones
Run in with my telephones
[Verse 2]
Talking fast, I make a deal
Buy the fake and sell what's real
What's this pain here in my chest?
Maybe I should take a rest
[Verse 3]
They send the heart police to put you under
Cardiac arrest
And as they drag you through the door
They tell you that you've failed the test
[Verse 4]
(Living in the)
Living in the plastic age
Looking only half my age
Hello, doctor, lift my face
I wish my skin could stand the pace
[Verse 5]
In my bed, I read my mind
Remember how the mice were blind
I watch them fighting in their cage
Could this be the plastic age?
[Verse 6]
They send the heart police to put you under
Cardiac arrest
And as they drag you through the door
They tell you that you've failed the test
[Verse 7]
(Living in the)
Plastic age
Plastic age
Plastic age
[Verse 8]
They send the heart police to put you under
Cardiac arrest
And as they drag you though the door
They tell you that you've failed the test
[Verse 9]
(Living in the)
Plastic age
Plastic age
Plastic age
Written by: Geoffrey Downes, Trevor Charles Horn

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