Ever Lovin' Machine Songtext
von Shel Silverstein

Hey boys, you know once I was tooken
By a girl with a twinkly eye
And the first time that I wasn′t lookin'
She ran off with a handsomer guy
Oh my, but I′m an ingenious feller
So as soon as my brain got uncurled
I tiptoed right down to my cellar
And I built a mechanical girl

Oh, her arms are iron, her legs are steel
Her hips are on wires attached to a wheel
And her spine is a coil that I now and then oil
She's my ever-loving machine


She has no trouble making her mind up
For I did not give her a mind
And her heart is a clock that I wind up
So I know that she'll love me in time
Oh, she never complains when I stay out all night
She never complains I′m not rich
And each time I want her to cuddle me tight
I simply turn on her switch

Oh, her arms are iron, her legs they are steel
Her hips are on wires attached to a wheel
And her spine is a coil that I now and then oil
She′s my ever-loving machine

Oh, each night I come home and she's sitting
So sweet and serene by the fire
Smiling and quietly knitting
Little garments of soldering wire
Oh, my love is completely electric
And she gives me a shock with each hug
And when the romance gets too hectic
I simply pull out the plug

Oh, she always did what she was ′sposed to
Right up through this evening but then
She had an affair with the toaster
And they ran off and left me again