The 1983 multi-message hit, combining Japanese (the “land of robots”) and English, topping at No. 3 in the charts. The song addresses a robot in a futuristic prison in which the hero – rocker Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (whose initials are ROCK) whose outfit he uses to escape.
From their third conce...
[Intro]
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット)
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
また会う日まで
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
秘密を知りたい
[Verse 1]
You're wondering who I am (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Machine or mannequin (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
With parts made in Japan (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
I am the Modren Man
[Verse 2]
I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive, just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive
[Verse 3]
I'm not a robot without emotions, I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a savior, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control, we all need control
I need control, we all need control
[Verse 4]
I am the Modern Man (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Who hides behind a mask (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
So no one else can see (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity
[Bridge]
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
どうも (どうも)
どうも (どうも)
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
どうも (どうも)
どうも (どうも)
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
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(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) For helping me escape just when I needed to
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Thank you! Thank you, thank you!
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) I wanna thank you!
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Please, thank you!
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Ohhhh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Yeah!
[Verse 5]
The problem's plain to see
Too much technology
Machines to save our lives
Machines dehumanize
[Verse 6]
The time has come at last (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
To throw away this mask (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Now everyone can see (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity
[Outro]
I'm Kilroy!
Kilroy!
Kilroy!
Kilroy
Mr. Roboto was written by Dennis DeYoung.
Mr. Roboto was produced by Dennis DeYoung & John Panozzo & Chuck Panozzo & James Young & Tommy Shaw.
Styx released Mr. Roboto on Fri Feb 11 1983.