A thousand beggars cram the streetsYou hit so deep into the sheetsPontoons buckle jungle beatsThe day they turned off the great machineThe over world so slow with iceContrary to the committees adviceOh baby, did you look so nice?The day they turned off the great machineThe gardens choke with bursting bloomsWeddings frozen melted groomsChasing you through endless roomsThe day they turned off the great machineThe shadows run for phantom trainsSlowly blowing out their brainsSociety dames down the drainsThe day they turned off the great machineThe day they turned off the great machineThe day they turned off the great machineThe day they turned off the great machineWell I'm waiting for you in the squareEveryone was meeting thereEveryone, yeah, there unawareThe day they turned off the great machineThe day they turned off the great machineThe day they turned off the great machineThe day they turned off the great machineThe day they turned off the great machine