The song is sung in a mock West Midlands accent, a possible nod to the number of artists from the region associated with the Heavy Metal genre, including the founding members of Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, Robert Plant and John Bonham from Led Zeppelin, and Lemmy Kilminster from Hawkwind and Mot...
[?] I'm cybernetic
I always get athletic
When my sensors get to set to "funky beat"
But I'm uncoordinated
'Cause my program's [?] outdated
And I cannot time the movement of my feet
My left goes right, my right goes left
My body turns around
My arms rotate, my legs gyrate
I end up falling down
I'm a heavy metal robot
I want a funny haircut
I want to play the guitar
I want to be a rock star
If you want street cred
You've got to learn to bang your head
And be a heavy metal robot
All me mates are on a diet
And I think I'd like to try it
But they take the Metal Mickey out of me
I tried to lose weight from me hips
By cutting down on silicon chips
And just the one expansion module in me tea
In my headband and my tight blue jeans
I really look the part
Computer-aided Rock 'n' Roll
It's great, but is it art?
I'm a heavy metal robot
I want a funny haircut
I want to play the guitar
I want to be a rock star
If you want street cred
You've got to learn to bang your head
And be a heavy metal robot
An agent from a traveling interplanetary show said
"Why don't you form a rock band of your own?"
But R2-D2 said "no way!"
Robocop said "nah!"
I tried to reach E.T., but he's always on the phone
So I got shoved with The Firm
And when it was my turn
They put me mixed with 20ft high green monster
The kids averse to static
I defaulted to automatic
I played like Eddie Van Halen... only faster!
Now I'm a heavy metal robot
I got a funny haircut
Now I can play the guitar
Now I'm a rock star
I've got street cred
'Cause I can bang me head
'Cause I'm a a heavy metal robot
Three, four!
Heavy Metal Robot was written by John O’Connor.
Heavy Metal Robot was produced by Grahame Lister & John O’Connor.