At Midnight

I had a dream of walkin' down the street And three kind folks come walkin' towards me They got glass eyes and plastic smiles And they say nice things to flatter me They doctored speech 'cause they taught how to speak And they taught how to smile, and they're fluent in dreams To win over me and people like me, uh And little by little, they take out your eyes They cut off your ears so you can't hear and you can't see And they take out your throat so you can't speak And then with your lungs so you can't breathe And they give me that medicine to put me to sleep, uh And I wake, got new teeth, they're pearly and white And I got a new tongue, and it tastes sweet And speakin' in dreams, and I got new lungs But they're on a machine, but I like my machine Yeah, I like my machine Now look in the mirror, and I got a new face But it's not my face, no, something's changed But I like the face, and it looks the same As another face that I'd seen before But I can't recall, and my eyes are of glass And my skin is perfect, no blemishes And it's all white, white as can be The color of light, the color of dreams And I take my medicine 'cause I like my medicine It tastes so good, my medicine I need Puts my mind at ease, makes me feel free, uh