A Real Boy?

I’m a lonely orphan robot.

Just a scrap metal tower
A misfired piston
Run on squirrel power

His galvanized insides
Can feel no joy
He wants to be a real boy

I wanna be a real boy!

Yeah!

Not a titanium toy
Don’t give my battery flattery
What I want is more grey matter-y

A brain, some veins and some arteries!

I got a squirrel on a treadmill where my heart should be
If I was real,

You could feel!

I could really emote
Instead of shorting out whenever he sits on the remote
I want a Dad

A Father!

Someone I can call Pop
Someone to take me out for malteds at the soda shop
Someone to take me on a fishing trip or teach me how to ride a bike
Who’ll pat me on the head and ask me “how you doin’, tyke?”

How you doin’, tyke?

Well, I’m fine, all things considered
Wanna be a real boy but I don’t wanna sound embittered

But thanks for asking, seriously!