Automatic

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Automatic by The Pointer Sisters

About Automatic

Featuring lead vocals from Ruth Pointer, Automatic would become a significant transatlantic hit during 1984 - eventually peaking at #5 in the USA and #2 in the UK . The track was also a Top 20 success in Australia and reached #1 in Ireland. The synth pop "new wave" track was produced by legendary producer Richard Perry, who has also produced artists like Barbara Streisand, Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond and Diana Ross. The success of Automatic co-incided with a commercial peak for the sisters .

Automatic Lyrics

[00:35.15] Look what you're doing to me
[00:37.53] I'm utterly at your whim
[00:39.23] All of my defenses down
[00:43.88] Your camera looks through me
[00:46.15] With its X-ray vision
[00:48.05] And all systems run aground
[00:52.37] All I can manage to push from my lips
[00:56.23] Is a stream of absurdities
[01:01.11] Every word I intended to speak
[01:04.61] Winds up locked in a circuitry
[01:09.95] No way to control it
[01:12.26] It's totally automatic
[01:14.32] Whenever you're around
[01:18.52] I'm walking blindfolded
[01:20.93] Completely automatic
[01:23.11] All of my systems are down
[01:25.97] Down, down, down
[01:27.32] Automatic (automatic)
[01:31.63] Automatic (automatic)
[01:36.13] What is this madness
[01:38.38] That makes my motor run
[01:39.95] And my legs too weak to stand
[01:44.89] I go from sadness to exhilaration
[01:48.54] Like a robot at your command
[01:53.19] My hands perspire and shake like a leaf
[01:56.87] Up and down goes my temperature
[02:01.98] I summon doctors to get some relief
[02:05.38] But they tell me there is no cure
[02:09.80] They tell me
[02:10.83] No way to control it
[02:12.97] It's totally automatic
[02:15.16] Whenever you're around
[02:19.46] I'm walking blindfolded
[02:21.51] Completely automatic
[02:23.74] All of my systems are down
[02:26.62] Down, down, down
[02:28.18] Automatic (automatic)
[02:32.41] Automatic (automatic)
[02:36.83]
[03:02.75] Automatic, automatic
[03:11.28] Automatic, automatic (automatic)
[03:20.03] Look what you're doing to me
[03:22.49] I'm utterly at your whim
[03:24.35] All of my defenses down
[03:28.96] Your camera looks through me
[03:31.01] With its X-ray vision
[03:32.98] And all systems run aground
[03:37.47] All I can manage to push from my lips
[03:40.99] Is a stream of absurdities
[03:45.91] Every word I intended to speak
[03:49.81] Winds up locked in the circuitry
[03:54.82] No way to control it
[03:56.99] It's totally automatic
[03:59.26] Whenever you're around
[04:03.42] I'm walking blindfolded
[04:05.73] Completely automatic
[04:07.85] All of my systems are down
[04:10.80] Down, down
[04:12.31] No way to control it
[04:14.54] It's totally automatic
[04:16.71] Whenever you're around (automatic)
[04:20.84] I'm walking blindfolded
[04:22.92] Completely automatic
[04:25.37] All of my systems are down
[04:28.21] Down, down, down
[04:29.63] No way to control it
[04:31.62] It's totally automatic
[04:33.83] Whenever you're around (automatic)
[04:38.32] I'm walking blindfolded
[04:40.54] Completely automatic
[04:42.68] All of my systems are down
[04:45.61]

From the album: Break Out (1983 Version - Expanded Edition)