Sonic Youth

female mechanic now on duty

I wanna shut you down
Love your sight and sound
I wanna spin you round
Till you're underground
I wanna strip you down
Till you feel the round
I wanna feel you shine
I wanna waste some time

I wanna paint my face
Like a model out of place
Cause I'm supposed to dare
The machine will tear
I'll throw up sometime
And then you'll be mine
I wanna serve you down
While my mind is on the ground
I wanna move your switch
Make you go squish
My desiring machine
Yeah it's made pretty clean
Now I'll turn the dial
And I'll put you on the pile

Modern women cry
Modern women don't cry
Modern women cry
Modern women don't cry
Cry
Don't cry
You hurt me with your lie

Touch the fire in the rain and
See the children stop their play and
Look for shelter in the garden
Of make believe and I
I believe perfection is a
I can see what you're going through but
I can't melt my head to what you're
Whisked away to light the bomb a
Thousand leaves are left to stay and...