when i was a young boy i went down to the county fair brought myself a nickel bought a pickle had change to spare thought i d spend a cent or two to see what the robots could do there were wires all around electrical sounds steam from their exhausts gears and coils all criss crossed everybody s going to the clockwork vaudeville everybody wants to see the show people crowd the door and scream and shout for more while music and song fill the air clockwork vaudeville clockwork vaudeville there were four metal people dressed oh so sharply they sung and danced a catchy tune with automaton robotic ease their guitar strings hummed to the beat kept by their tambourine boilers making steam metal gleaming songs with a good tune that would stick with you all through the afternoon ooo ooo ooo who who everybody s going to the clockwork vaudeville everybody wants to see the show people clap and stop their feet and join in with the robot beat while music and song fill the air clockwork vaudeville clockwork vaudeville a man came up to me after the show after the show and asked me if i d like to meet the robots up close the robots up close well they greeted me and one shook my hand one shook my hand and asked me if i d like to join his robot band i said oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah yeah ah ah everybody s going to the clockwork vaudeville everybody wants to see the show people crowd the door and scream and shout for more while music and song fill the air clockwork vaudeville clockwork vaudeville when i was a young boy i went down to the county fair 