The Beat of Machinery

Paul Lowe, Attorney: Look, I don’t blame you for being edgy but get this
straight. I didn’t doublecross you. I never worked harder for a client.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: You mean you never worked harder for a client to get
him sentenced.
I am the tasteless feeling
Synthetic meaning
The one that keeps you down
You think you choose your master
But life goes faster
And drains your spirit out
You drilled the soil and now I’m here
So I’ll take you in
I’ll show you what I am
Inorganic, artificial, unnatural,
false, concrete, manufacturing
you control me and I control you.
I am the beat of machinery
Build and perpetuate
Every brick and bone
And the wires for my veins
Strap the chains and heat the core
Now we are bound forevermore
You drilled the soil and now I’m here
So I’ll take you in
Please tell me what I am
Inorganic, artificial, unnatural,
false, concrete, manufacturing
you control me and I control you.
I am the beat of machinery
Paul Lowe, Attorney: You’re a fool, Butcher. If you hadn’t tried to doublecross
Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli, they wouldn’t have turned state’s evidence
against you. But you had to get greedy, you wanted to keep the whole $ 600,
000 for yourself. (Indestructible Man 1956).