Automatic - The Pointer Sisters: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

The Pointer Sisters

Automatic

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R&B/Soul

Automatic was released on April 1, 1983 by RCA/Legacy as a part of the album Break Out (1983 Version - Expanded Edition)

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Brock Walsh

Synthesizer

Mark Goldenberg

Mark Goldenberg

Guitar

Anita Pointer

Background Vocals

Dennis Herring

Guitar

Eddie Watkins, Jr.

Eddie Watkins, Jr.

Bass

Howie Rice

Synthesizer

John Van Tongeren

John Van Tongeren

Synthesizer

June Pointer

Background Vocals

Paul Fox

Sampler

Ruth Pointer

Background Vocals

Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell

Synthesizer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Brock Walsh

Composer

Mark Goldemberg

Mark Goldemberg

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Brock Walsh

Associate Producer

Glen Ballard

Associate Producer

Richard Perry

Producer

Michael Brooks

Recording Engineer

Bill Schnee

Mixing Engineer

Stephen Marcussen

Stephen Marcussen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Look what you're doing to me

I'm utterly at your whim

All of my defenses down

Your camera looks through me

With its X-ray vision

And all systems run aground

[PreChorus]

All I can manage to push from my lips

Is a stream of absurdities

Every word I intended to speak

Winds up locked in the circuitry

[Chorus]

No way to control it

It's totally automatic

Whenever you're around

I'm walking blindfolded

Completely automatic

All of my systems are down

Down, down, down

Automatic (Automatic)

Automatic (Automatic)

[Verse 2]

What is this madness

That makes my motor run

And my legs too weak to stand?

I go from sadness

To exhilaration

Like a robot at your command

[PreChorus]

My hands perspire and shake like a leaf

Up and down goes my temperature

I summon doctors to get some relief

But they tell me there is no cure

They tell me

[Chorus]

No way to control it

It's totally automatic

Whenever you're around

I'm walking blindfolded

Completely automatic

All of my systems are down

Down, down, down

Automatic (Automatic)

Automatic (Automatic)

[Chorus]

Automatic

Automatic

Automatic

Automatic (Automatic)

[Verse 3]

Look what you're doing to me

I'm utterly at your whim

All of my defenses down

Your camera looks through me

With its X-ray vision

And all systems run aground

[PreChorus]

All I can manage to push from my lips

Is a stream of absurdities

Every word I intended to speak

Winds up locked in a circuitry

[Chorus]

No way to control it

It's totally automatic

Whenever you're around

I'm walking blindfolded

Completely automatic

All of my systems are down

Down, down

[Chorus]

No way to control it

It's totally automatic (Automatic)

Whenever you're around (Automatic)

I'm walking blindfolded

Completely automatic

All of my systems are down

Down, down, down

[Chorus]

No way to control it

It's totally automatic (Automatic)

Whenever you're around (Automatic)

I'm walking blindfolded

Completely automatic

All of my systems are down

Down, down, down

Written by: Brock Walsh, Mark Goldemberg

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