Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Will you let me control the handles,
You know its the best thing Ive ever seen

Well mr lacey, whered you learn just what to do?
Well mr lacey, whered you learn just what to do?
Can you fix me up now with a teacher,
I wanna become an inventor too

Why mr lacey, why dyou do the things you do?
Why mr lacey, why dyou do the things you do?
Its true no one here understands now
But maybe someday theyll catch up with you