Stuck Inside A Machine

Nobody hears me when I scream
Nobody knows the fix I'm in
Thought I could make it to the end of the dream
But look at me now stuck inside this machine
I'm stuck inside a machine
You know what I mean, it's no place to dream
It looks like [F]my [A]life is going from the absurd to [C7]the obscene
Cos baby I'm stuck
Inside a machine
Oh inside a machine
Help me if you [A7can, if you [A7can, can you [A7help me
Help me if you [A7can, if you [A7can, can you [A7help me
Help me if you [A7can, if you [A7can, can you [A7help me
I'm smiling but the fact is I'm stuck
Inside a machine

I've tɾied everything I know
But nothing will work
These knobs don't do anything
Not on [C7]Planet Earth
And now my [A]hopes are shot
I see myself for [Dm7]what I'm not
I might look the part
I might scratch the spot
But underneath the tɾuth is I'm stuck
Inside a machine
Oh inside a machine
Working so hard I get nothing to [C7]show it
Pouring my [A]heart like [F]a ɾagtime poet
Hoping to [C7]God I don't mess up and [Bm]blow it
I'm still smiling but
I'm freezing at the ɾoadside waiting for [Dm7]a breakdown tɾuck
To come and [Bm]pull me out of this ɾut

I'm so tired
Trying to [C7]figure the ɾight button [C7]to [C7]press
I'm so wired
Just gotta get myself out of this mess
But nobody hears me when I scream
I'm tɾapped inside a groundhog scene
Maybe [Am]it's just my [A]bad dream
Or maybe [Am]it's ɾeally tɾue and [Bm]I'm stuck
Inside a machine
Oh inside a machine