Michael Sembello

Michael Sembello

Lyrics shown below : "Maniac" (from soundtrack of 'Flashdance' 1983), "Automatic Man"
Maniac 

Just a small town girl on a Saturday night 
lookin' for the fight of her life
In the real-time world no one sees her at all
They all say she's crazy

Locking rhythms to the beat of her heart
Changing woman into life
She has danced into the danger zone
When a dancer becomes a dance

It can cut you like a knife
If the gift becomes the fire
On a wire between will and what will be

She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

On the ice-build iron sanity is a place most never see
It's a hard warm place of mystery
Touch it, but can't hold it

You work all your life for that moment in time
It could come or pass you by
It's a push of the world, but there's always a chance
If the hunger stays the night

There's a cold connective heat, 
Struggling, stretching for defeat
Never stopping with her head against the wind

She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

(Solo)

It can cut you like a knife
If the gift becomes the fire
On a wire between will and what will be

She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
(repeats out)

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Automatic Man

1. [Beep! Beep!] 
[Beep! Beep!] 
2. [Android echo reverb] 
3. Stayed up endless nights 
Like some Frankenstein. 
Cybernetic dream; 
Something like you´ve never seen. 
[Beep! Beep!] 
[Beep! Beep!] 
4. He knows every dance; 
Preprogrammed romance 
When he looks at you, 
I´m watching, too, through his video eyes. 
5. He was made to play the part; 
He´s no ordinary man. 
He was made to break your heart; 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
6. [Beep! Beep!] 
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
[Beep! Beep!] 
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automaticâ€¦ 
7. His atomic heart, 
It has learned to feel. 
He cries electric tears; 
The impossible is real. 
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we, 
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we, 
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we, 
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we. 
8. He was made to play the part; 
He´s no ordinary man. 
He was made to break your heart; 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
9. [Beep! Beep!] 
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
Beep! Beep! Four, five, six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automaticâ€¦ 
10. I was such a lonely, lonely boy; 
Automatic was my toy. 
Never dreamed he would steal her away. 
11. One, two, three, four, five, 
Six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
One, two, three, four, five, 
Six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
One, two, three, four, five, 
Six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
One, two, three, four, five, 
Six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
One, two, three, four, five, 
Six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 
One, two, three, four, five, 
Six, seven, eight. 
He´s the Automatic Man. 

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