Cabinet Man

The day they found me
I hadn't yet been played
Inside my workshop
Behind the old arcade
Electric desires
Had unravelled all my wires
Now I'm in a box for safe-keeping

The news reporters
Reported that I'd died
But all my organs
Were living on inside
Circuit board to brain
With two lungs collecting change
One big human heart
Gently beeping

You can't win me, I can't be beat
I won't hurt you, unless you cheat

You can't see me behind the screen
I'm half-human, and half-machine

Thank God for business
They let me take the floor
I stood so proudly
Like I was going to war
Players soon appeared
And I quickly was revered
This must be what love
Would have felt like

Such dedication
They came from miles away
With eyes focusing
They'd wait their turn to play
Perfect patient lines
Because I was in their minds
I could do whatever I felt
(Whatever I felt like)

You can't win me, I can't be beat
I won't hurt you, unless you cheat

You can't see me behind the screen
I'm half-human, and half-machine

I'm happy for years and years
And only needing the occasional maintainence man
Maybe driving a few kids to madness
Maybe they were predisposed to madness
Who knows?
I only want to have fun
But now they're telling me my days here are done
'Cause there's a tiny little box that they make in Japan
And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand

It's getting lonely
It's getting hard to breathe
The arcade's empty
I think it's Christmas Eve
Someone's broken in
Now they're painting on my skin
Breaking me and taking my quarters
Bashing in my face with their crowbar
Kicking me and pushing me over
Now they see my blood on their sneakers

You can't win me, I can't be beat
I won't hurt you, unless you cheat

You can't see me behind the screen
I'm half-human, and half-machine