Not so far from here Yet not so very near Is a rattling piece of steel and brick machine A factory, now made of rust Making things that gather dust Not a soul will use them, it would seem
Turning wheels and grinding gears Manufacture bits of fears That gather in a pile outside the door Odd contraptions with little parts, Trinkets that wind up to start, The Factory Machine keeps building more
What a shame, but who’s to blame? Ever since this new stuff came Nobody knows the machine still goes on all the same It’s left its mark, falling apart It has worked from the start Nobody knows the machine still goes on in the dark
An empty city far away The machine is there to stay Remembering when its rust had yet to come Turning out its little toys For non-existent girls and boys Thinking back to days when it was young
Newer things caught their attention Then they left without a mention Of times they’d used the older things for fun The Factory Machine would try To keep the people by its side But off into the distance they would run
What a shame, but who’s to blame? Ever since this new stuff came Nobody knows the machine still goes on all the same It’s left its mark, falling apart It has worked from the start Nobody knows the machine still goes on in the dark
It cries for help constantly, A little boy hears suddenly Echoes sound like whispers from so far Maybe the boy will turn around And tell the people what he’s found Or let the machine know where they are
What a shame, but who’s to blame? Ever since this new stuff came Nobody knows the machine still goes on all the same It’s left its mark, falling apart It has worked from the start Nobody knows the machine still goes on in the dark