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We've been around for a long time and in that time we've written a lot of songs, some in our previous incarnation as Bikini Black Special, and then even more as Zvilnik - so if you fancy a browse through lyrics old and new, fill your boots. Dig into the back catalogue of satirical sinister speculative cabaret, a fusion of science fiction, political satire, grotesque comedy, and theatrical storytelling that's been built up over actual decades.

This Dumb Machine

This dumb machine won't run itself
Someone's got to turn the crank and disengage the flywheel
This dumb machine can't make its own decisions
So you're gonna have to punch instructions
This dumb machine won't take responsibility
So you're gonna take the fall when it all goes wrong

This machine, this dumb machine - just kick it
Kick it harder
Kick it one more time, it'll get the message
This machine, this dumb machine - just kick it
Kick it harder
Kick it one more time

This dumb machine's an idiot
But it cost more than your education
This dumb machine's illiterate
But it sees all, hears all, knows quite a bit about you
This machine's intelligent
If you measure intelligence in a particular way
We could make it sentient
But then who would we blame when it all goes wrong?

This machine, this dumb machine - just kick it
Kick it harder
Kick it one more time, it'll get the message
This machine, this dumb machine - just kick it
Kick it harder
Kick it one more time
You are all to blame

This dumb machine won't run itself
This dumb machine won't get the message
This dumb machine won't run itself
This dumb machine won't get the message
This dumb machine won't run itself
This dumb machine won't get the message
This dumb machine won't run itself
This dumb machine
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