bob pendarvis: song lyrics

robot boy...now THERE'S a sad story. i still remember the exact moment when i first realized that i wouldn't live forever...that one day i would die. yikes!

i was in a car, traveling to see our relatives back home in shreveport, louisiana (where i grew up...i was BORN in savannah, georgia) and it just all of a sudden hit me: nobody lives forever. dang!

being a lifelong comics and sci-fi fan (harlan ellison be damned...go forry ackerman), i was a HUGE supporter of robot technology. heck, the robot on LOST IN SPACE practically raised me...well, not without some help from my first crush, penny robinson, but i digress. anyhooz, it came to me that robots held the answer to my problem. all i'd need to do is have them (the scientist guys who do these things) put my head in a robot body and then i could live forever...ha ha ha ha ha!!!

as of this writing, i'm still waiting...sigh.

i was just
a wee small lad
when i first heard
of something bad
my parents gave me
quite a fright
i couldn't sleep a wink
that night
they scared me so
and made me cry
they told me
one day i wold die
for days i sat out
in the the yard
i tried and tried
to think real hard
there must be
something i could do
to keep this thing
from coming true
then at last
it came to me
the only answer
i could see

a robot boy...
a robot boy...
a robot boy...
a robot boy...

i studied hard
in science class
i'd make all As
and not just pass
i'd get a job
pays a lot
so i could build
a cool robot
a metal body
just for me
and i would live
eternally

a robot boy...
a robot boy...
a robot boy...
a robot boy...

the years have passed
now i'm a man
i never carried
out my plan
i live in a nice
neighborhood
my job is great
and life is good
still, my skin
i'd gladly trade
if robot bodies
could be made

a robot boy...
a robot boy...
a robot boy...
a robot boy...