down in the park

where the machmen meet the machines

and play `kill-by-numbers'

down in the park with a friend called `five'



i was in a car crash

or was it the war

but i've never been quite the same

little white lies like "i was there"



come to "zom-zom's" a place to eat

like it was built in one day

you can watch the humans

trying to run



oh look there's a rape machine

i'd go outside if he'd look the other way

you wouldn't believe

the things they do



down in the park

where the chant is "death, death, death"

until the sun cries morning

down in the park with friends of mine



"we are not lovers

we are not romantics

we are here to serve you"

a different face but the words never change





Gary Numan, "Down In The Park", _R_e_p_l_i_c_a_s (Beggars Banquet/ATCO 1979)