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The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project & & Peter Straker
The Alan Parsons Project & Allan Clarke
The Alan Parsons Project & Dave Townsend
The Alan Parsons Project & Steve Harley
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project & Jack Harris
The Alan Parsons Project &
The Alan Parsons Project
I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You is the second track and one of the lead singles on I Robot.
Following the theme of I-Robot, the song can be sung in the perspective of either the robot speaking to the human, or the human speaking to the robot.
The song starts out alternating between Cm6/9 and Bbm6/C...
[Verse 1: Lenny Zakatek]
If I had a mind to
I wouldn't wanna think like you
And if I had time to
I wouldn't wanna talk to you, oh
[Chorus: Lenny Zakatek]
I don't care what you do
I wouldn't wanna be like you, yeah
[Verse 2: Lenny Zakatek]
If I was high class
I wouldn't need a buck to pass
And if I was a fall guy
I wouldn't need no alibi
[Chorus: Lenny Zakatek]
I don't care what you do
I wouldn't wanna be like you
No, oh, oh
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3: Lenny Zakatek]
Back on the bottom line
Diggin' for a lousy dime, yeah
If I hit a mother lode
I'd cover anything that showed, oh
[Chorus: Lenny Zakatek]
I don't care what you do
I wouldn't wanna be like you, oh
I don't care what you do
I wouldn't wanna
[Outro: Lenny Zakatek]
I wouldn't want to be like you
I wouldn't want to be like you
Yeah, oh, yeah, oh
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You was written by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson.
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You was produced by Alan Parsons.
The Alan Parsons Project released I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You on Thu Jul 07 1977.