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Mass Production

This version of Mass Production was released by Iggy Pop in 1976.

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Before you go
Do me a favour
Give me a number
Of a girl almost like you
With legs almost like you
I’m buried deep in mass production
You’re not nothing new
I like to drive along the freeways
See the smokestacks belching
Breasts turn brown
So warm and so brown

Though I try to die
You put me back on the line
Oh damn it to hell
Back on the line–hell
Back on the line
Again and again
I’m back on the line
Again and again
And I see my face here
And it’s there in the mirror
And it’s up in the air
And I’m down on the ground

By the way
I’m going for cigarettes
And since you’ve gotta go
Won’t you do me that favour
Won’t you give me that number
Won’t you get me that girl
Yeah, she’s almost like you
Yes, she’s almost like you
And I’m almost like him
Yes, I’m almost like him
Yes, I’m almost like him
Yeah, I’m almost like him

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The lyrics to Mass Production are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Iggy Pop in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Mass Production are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Iggy Pop and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Mass Production back when it was created.

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