Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric?

Track 2 of 13 of Replicas Remaster

It's cold outside
And the paint's peeling off of my walls
There's a man outside
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette

Now the light fades out
And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this
There's a knock on the door
And just for a second I thought I remembered you


So now I'm alone
Now I can think for myself
About little deals
And S.U.s
And things that I just don't understand
Like a white lie that night
Or a slight touch at times
I don't think it meant anything to you


So I open the door
It's the `friend' that I'd left in the hallway
"Please sit down"
A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed


You know I hate to ask
But, are `friends' electric?
Mine's broke down
And now I've no one to love


So I find out your reason
For the phone calls and smiles
And it hurts
And I'm lonely
And I should never have tried
And I missed you tonight
So it's time to leave
You see this means everything to me

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[DimitriNakos]

@yellowpete79 well said sir.

[yellowpete79]

@DimitriNakos can't mate, my legs are too muscly to fit into the hipster skinny leg jeans :D plus I don't want girls to think im gay

[DimitriNakos]

@yellowpete79 Just become a hipster and hang out with them. Still a good song tho.

[yellowpete79]

@AgentAlloy Yeah but If I heard it a decade ago i would have lost my shit

[AgentAlloy]

@yellowpete79 10 years ago was 2001 bro, this song is from 1979.

[yellowpete79]

I wish i heard this 10yrs ago, this is the type of music I like, well from that era anyway. I wish they played something like this in the clubs i go to

[oct201981]

IM HERE CAUSE THIS IS AN ALL TIME CLASSIC FROM WAY BACK IN SUMMER OF 79 . IT WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING IN THE CHARTS IN THE UK OR ACCROS EUROPE . STILL DIFFERENT AND A MASTERPIECE TODAY

[borellpeter]

Classic new wave, post punk electric song....This album must be one of the best ever with Bowies Low and Iggy's The idiot. I know....we have a couple more of them. FANTASTIC !!!!!

[pommerzig]

ten kawalek to klasyka GN ,nic dodac nic ujac ,zajebisty jest =)

[OutlawMCC]

@44greebo Yeah i agree with you mate, I was once worried that his music would be forgotten after he left the scene