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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes
Keyboards
Richard James Burgess
Richard James Burgess
Drums
Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
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

All of those wild American bilinguals
Who talked to you in Paris of their lonely lives
School days and lost days out there in the midwest
They'd climb on their liners to rejoin their wives
Walking down boulevards, electric eyes
Would gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size
Let them be lonely and say you don't care
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Ulla with blonde hair would stand by your side
And the friends who were hungry could swallow your pride
Chromium headsets, their video screens would show
Pictures of helplessness, old kings and queens
Radio stations, their faders in dust
All their transmitters are crumbling with rust
Let them be broken and say you don't care
Astroboy (i’m watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Let them be broken and say you don't care
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Astroboy (I’m watching the proles on parade)
Written by: Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
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