Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

Last week I left a note on Laura's desk

It said I love you signed anonymous friend

Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was

She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too

 And I'm alone during couple skate

When she skates by with some guy on her arm

 But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face

 When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space

Chorus

 Cause it's gonna be the future soon

 And I won't always be this way

 When the things that make me weak and strange get

engineered away

 It's gonna be the future soon

 I've never seen it quite so clear

 And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and

it's already here

Verse 2

I'll probably be some kind of scientist

Building inventions in my space lab in space

I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak

Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends

 Perfecting my warrior robot race

Building them one laser gun at a time

 I will do my best to teach them

 About life and what it's worth

 I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth

Chorus

 Cause it's gonna be the future soon

 And I won't always be this way

 When the things that make me weak and strange get

engineered away

 It's gonna be the future soon

 I've never seen it quite so clear

 And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and

it's already here

Bridge

Here on Earth they'll wonder

 As I piece by piece replace myself

 And the steel and circuits will make me whole

But I'll still feel so alone

Until Laura calls me home

Verse 3

I'll see her standing by the monorail

She'll look the same except for bionic eyes

She lost the real ones in the robot wars

I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault

 Or is it?

 And she eyes me suspiciously

Hearing the whir of the servos inside

 She will scream and try to run

 But there's nowhere she can hide

 When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride

Chorus

 Cause it's gonna be the future soon

 And I won't always be this way

 When the things that make me weak and strange get

engineered away

 It's gonna be the future soon

 I've never seen it quite so clear

 And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and

it's already here