I'm a rhythm machine, you know what I meanI'm a rhythm machine, you know what I meanI got time, running through my head in bed Instead of sleep, how it looks instead I'm a rhythm machine, you know what I meanI'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I canI'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I canI get a flat back beat, instead of food when I eatThe ticking of a clock gets me out of my seat I'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I canI'm her cross cut saw before I was four Smoked-staked lightning had me crawling across the floor The beach ball didn't get me but that son-in-law did I'm been keeping time ever since I was a kid I'm a music machine, don't you know what I meanI'm rhythm machine, he knows what I mean, oh Yeah, yeah I'm a rhythm machine, I'm a rhythm machine I'm a rhythm machine, don't you know what I meanI'm a music man, yeah I'm gonna play the blues whenever I canHey, play the blues then Oh, yeah, yeah, play it for kings and queens Yeah, yeah, I'm a music man I'm a rhythm machine