The day they found me, I hadn't yet been played 
Inside my workshop behind the old arcade 
Electric desires had unraveled all my wires 
Now I'm in the box for safekeeping 
The news reporters reported that I died 
But all my organs were living on inside 
Circuit board to brain with two lungs collecting change 
One big human heart gently beeping 

You can't win me, I can't be beat 
I won't hurt you unless you cheat 
You can't see me behind the screen 
I'm half human and half machine 

Thank God for business, they let me take the floor 
I stood so proudly, like I was going to war 
Players soon appeared and I quickly was revered 
This must be what love would have felt like 
Such dedication, they came from miles away 
With eyes so piercing, they'd wait their turn to play 
In perfect patient lines because I was in their minds 
I could do whatever I felt like (Whatever I felt like) 

You can't win me, I can't be beat 
I won't hurt you unless you cheat 
You can't see me behind the screen 
I'm half human and half machine 

I'm happy for years and years 
And only eating the occasional maintenance man 
Only driving a few kids to madness 
Maybe they were predisposed to madness, who knows? 
I only want to have fun 
But now they're telling me my days here are done 
'Cause there's a little tiny box they make in Japan 
And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand 

It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe 
Ahe arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve 
Someone's broken in, now they're painting on my skin 
Breaking me and taking my quarters 
Bashing in my face with a crowbar 
Kicking me and pushing me over 
Now they see my blood on their sneakers 

You can't win me, I can't be beat 
I won't hurt you unless you cheat 
You can't see me behind the screen 
I'm half human and half machin