Android Ashley

Lyrics

[ASHLEY] I think you're cute my name is Ashley And I work at the computer store That's what I never say to Kyle The barista at the coffee shop next door I watch him sadly from the counter Where I always pick the wobbly stool He hands me My latte And smirks in This hot way But I just Cannot play cool The clear and logical solution Is to send a robot in my place A robot modeled after me except that She can deal with Kyle face to face Been working on her 40 weeks or so With barely time to sleep or eat Her parts are Built custom All that's left Are just some Last circuits I must complete Android Ashley I wish I were you Instructions tell you what to do And if you fail you can't feel blue Android Ashley When you're good to go Maybe then at last I'll know How to fix the bugs in Ashley 1.0 The final chip arrived today so I install it in the vacant port I solder in the last connections Hit the power switch And pray there's not a short She whirs to life Her optic sensors turn my way I wonder what they see She holds out Her hand to Accept my command Ooh, I have made A brand new me Android Ashley I wish I were you Instructions tell you what to do And if you fail you can't feel blue Android Ashley Now you're good to go Maybe soon at last I'll know How to fix the bugs in Ashley 1.0 She walks up to the counter Run program talk to Kyle Sub-routine order latte Call function wave and smile Parse input 'Hey, how are you?' Play text to voice 'I'm fine' Parse input 'You seem different' And suddenly I see the flaw in my design If I wrote this program perfectly I won't need to make corrections But if Kyle falls for Robot me He'll never love my imperfections So I abort the program And quickly call her back I start the shutdown process But then she turns to me Before the screen goes black [ANDROID ASHLEY] Human Ashley I wish I were you No one can tell you what to do The things you feel are real and true Human Ashley Do not envy me You know all that life can be I wish I knew how it feels to be so free [ASHLEY] So I see Kyle the barista At the coffee shop, he looks my way I think you're cute My name is Ashley And I work at the computer store I say