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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
The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brock Walsh
Brock Walsh
Composer
Mark Goldemberg
Mark Goldemberg
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brock Walsh
Brock Walsh
Producer
Richard Perry
Richard Perry
Producer
Glen Ballard
Glen Ballard
Producer
Michael Brooks
Michael Brooks
Recording Engineer
Bill Schnee
Bill Schnee
Mixing 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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