Elliott Smith The Machine 1985

A song by Elliott Smith's (aka Johnny Panic) high school band named Stranger Than Fiction from 1985. LYRICS So now I said everyone say hello to the machine Probably don't know you have known it for years ??? they'd be stuck with all the pain It's living in the city, it lives on people's fears On the go before the people could read or write They would gather in groups, to call one of themselves king The king then drew up some laws and rules, that's riiiiiight The the laws evolved into the present day machine And here we have the racial prejudice And here we have the sexual prejudice And here we have religious prejudice All synthetic parts And now we have to go to school for several years Just to survive inside the machine ???????????????????? Never again the sky so blue Never again the fields so green And here we have the racial prejudice And here we have the sexual prejudice And here we have religous prejudice All synthetic parts So now you might want to get away from this machine Well, step outside there's plenty of it now(?) You can only drive the length of the street So now I said everyone say hello the the machine Joy to the world but what will come when the lights go down on everyone? I sure don't wanna be around here when the whistle blows...