[Verse 1] The fable was a vehicle of truth (how to learn from your mistakes) But the idea so golden The lesson was forgotten right when you began it [Verse 2] Armed with an industrious mind And no imagination We will end up just like The people on Lingo, people on Lingo... [Chorus 1] See, now we've built the Model T There's no escape! It's already started! It's a plague on wheels Imminent future! Fate is impending! [Verse 3] Ideas were just badges on Earth Thеir content didn't matter But therе was money to be made The lesson was forgotten right when you began it [Verse 4] Kago was innocent enough And the allegory was apt But he did not know that We are not immune to passing ideas [Chorus 2] It's a plague on wheels Imminent future! Fate is impending! It's a plague on wheels Imminent future! Fate is impending! There's no escape, it's already started!

[Verse 1] We're breaking through the space time continuum Moving at the speed of light toward the zenith sun We're passing through the umbra of a nebula And studying the parallax of Andromeda [Verse 2] We’re returning from a mission to Zeltoldimar Control said to hold fast and stay where you are But we got a signal from the unknown And set our destination for the uncharted zone, and we’ve got… [Chorus 1] Three Lingo to go Three Lingo to go Three Lingo to go [Post-Chorus] Whatever happens to me Promise you will find an answer Because it’s not enough to just wonder why [Verse 3] We'vе broken through the space timе continuum I don’t know what’s going on, but something’s wrong And we've got a whole new continuum Control I am reading you, but we are breaking up Breaking up. ‘Cause we’ve got… [Chorus 2] Two Lingo to go Two Lingo to go Two Lingo to go [Verse 4] We've broken the space time continuum I don't know what's going on, but something's wrong. Something's wrong, but we've got... [Chorus 3] One Lingo to go One Lingo to go One Lingo to go

[Verse 1] There’s a hole where the surface should be And the air’s reading oxygen-free We’re in apogee. The planet’s in sight I can tell now that something’s not right… [Chorus 1] On Lingo-Three… on Lingo-Three… On Lingo-Three… on Lingo-Three… [Verse 2] Lingo-Three has been under duress I can see now why they’re in distress When the visual contact reveals That the natives are running on wheels... [Chorus 2] On Lingo-Three… on Lingo-Three… Oh, Lingo-Three! Oh, Lingo-Three! Oh, Lingo-Three! Oh, Lingo-Three! Oh, Lingo-Three! Oh, Lingo-Three! [Verse 3] Computer, front portal release Don’t run! We have come here in peace But internal combustion reliеs On a fuel source decrеasing in size [Bridge] Because they’re dying of lack of fuel And they’re choking on CO2 They sent us a signal, and when we landed They told us to take them to another planet

[Verse 1] We’re on a mission now to save your sole survivor And we’re gonna try to take him home To another planet if it’s not too much of a problem And I don’t see why it would be [Verse 2] It seems you natives are all out of fuel And want our crew to take one of you away To another body with some abundant resources So that you can start anew [Instrumental] [Verse 3] With our possession safely in tow, we’d head out into Deep outer space again And find a planet with gas and oil deposits So that you can thrive again [Verse 4] But there’s a problem with how you seem to ruin All the things you leave behind We’ll try to put aside our second thoughts and keep our minds on what we think is right [Bridge] I’m not sure if we can do it, but we’ll do it if we can I’m not sure if we should do it, but we’ll do it If we can [Verse 5] We’re on a mission now to save your sole survivor And we’re gonna take him home You say you’ve used up all of your precious resources But we might save one, just one [Verse 6] The biggest challenge that I foresee to this arrangement is the discrepancy Between the size of your smallest egg, and the size of our little humble ship [Chorus] We’re on a mission, whoa, whoa! We’re on a mission, whoa, whoa! We’re on a mission, whoa, whoa, whoa! We’re on a mission, whoa, whoa, whoa! We’re on a mission, whoa, whoa, whoa! Oh, oh, on a mission, whoa, whoa, whoa! We’re on a mission, whoa, whoa, whoa!

[Verse 1] At forty-eight pounds, it was too much for the crew to take It was just too much for the Zeltoldimarian crew to take on their tiny shoebox spaceship into outer space [Chorus 1] The last egg, the last egg, the last egg, the last egg… The last egg was too much for the alien crew to take [Verse 2] So Kago took the crew aside and said, “Maybe it's not such a good idea to take one anyway If they’ve used up all their fuel here, couldn't they just do it again on another planet someday?” [Chorus 2] The last egg, the last egg, the last egg, the last egg… The last egg was too much for the alien crew to take [Instrumental] [Verse 3] At forty-eight pounds, it was too much for the crew to take The decision was made to leave all the helpless, fuel-less creatures stranded on Lingo-Three [Chorus 3] The last egg, the last egg, the last egg, the last egg… The last egg was too much for the alien crew to take The last egg was too much, and they couldn't take it away

[Verse 1] The people didn’t seem to notice that there was a change in the way they were running out Although we cannot help them start anew somewhere else, I believe it’s for the best [Chorus 1] They were running circles around themselves, spinning their wheels to eternity [Verse 2] It seems there’s nothing more we can attempt to restore the way things were here long before I promise to relay the tragedy of your race all throughout the universe [Chorus 2] They were a symbol of excess They were a symbol of excess They were a symbol of excess Spinning their wheels to eternity… [Coda] You will be gone but not forgotten You will be gone but not forgotten You will be gone but not forgotten You will be gone but not forgotten

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[Chorus 1] Don’t run, Don’t run! Don’t run, Don’t run! [Verse 1] Oh, it’s so sad; I simply must tell you the tragic fate of the Plague on Wheels Oh, what a shame, Lingo-Three. But we can learn from your mistake [Chorus 2] Don’t run, Don’t run! Don’t run, Don’t run! [Verse 2] We couldn’t save any of them. They are gone, but not forgotten We’ve come to share their plight—don’t get the wrong idea [Bridge 1] They had wheels They ate fossil fuels They laid eggs They had wheels They ate fossil fuels They laid eggs They killed everything, killed evеrything! [Instrumental] [Bridge 2] If it were up to mе, I would save everything If it were up to me, I would save everyone and everything [Chorus 3] Don’t run! Don’t run! Don’t run! Don’t run! [Verse 3] Oh, what a shame, Lingo-Three. We can learn from your mistake

[Verse 1] When the people of Earth have heard what I’ve said They don’t learn what was wrong or right, but, instead They go off with the wrong idea in their heads [Chorus 1] And the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea! [Verse 2] It’s so hard to explain how I feel When the workers in Detroit city reveal They’ve begun to produce the automobile [Chorus 2] The idea! The idea! The idea! The idea! Oh, no! [Instrumental] [Verse 3] And I scream when I see what they’ve done And I know such a long, long way it has come And I see that there’s no way out of this one [Chorus 3] And the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea! The idea, Oh, no! [Verse 4] And I scream when I see what I’ve done And I know that there’s no way out of this one [Instrumental]

[Verse 1] Baby, won’t you come to bed? My head is broken And though I’m so awake for life, the bed is stuck Ideas that have come alive are alien [Pre-Chorus 1] I paid a lot for what I got, but now it’s done I can’t afford to walk at night; the lights are dim Am I alone in everything? [Chorus 1] Homicidal beggars will ride, if you let them Homicidal beggars will ride, if you let them… If you let them… if you let them… [Verse 2] I’m not afraid of going under. You can pull the plug If you know what’s gonna go, don’t let it stop I am not afraid of losing you [Bridge] Maybe I’m afraid of you, but it’s not gonna stop my moving out If something else will come along to make it easier, how can I not? [Chorus 2] Homicidal beggars will ride, if you let them Homicidal beggars will ride, if you let them… If you let them… if you let them… [Verse 3] It’s automatic at the touch. “Like nothing else.” I never even have to clutch. Don’t have to stop… [Chorus 3] Homicidal beggars will ride… ride… ride… ride… ride…

[Instrumental] [Pre-Chorus 1] I thought I had it right By trying to share the image of Lingo-Three But soon I found out That ideas can be worse than a disease…any disease… [Chorus 1] Detroit! Only Detroit could turn a thing of wonder into a world-ending machine Detroit! Only Detroit could be so single-minded, create the fate that killed Lingo-Three Detroit! The Big Three was a cruel mother [Verse 1] Within a century of coming here Everything was sick or dead And the empty shells of the automobile Marked the place whеre thinking died [Pre-Chorus 2] I thought he had it right By keeping such a mеmory alive But I knew he had had doubts I saw it in his face when we arrived; we wouldn’t survive… [Chorus 2] Detroit! Only Detroit could turn a thing of wonder into a world-ending disease Detroit! Only Detroit could be so single-minded to create the fate that killed Lingo-Three Detroit! The Big Three was a cruel mother [Verse 2] Within a century of coming here Everyone was left for dead And a union bar marks the place Where Kago died and the hope had run out [Chorus 3] Only Detroit could turn a thing of wonder into a world-ending disease Detroit! Only Detroit could be so single-minded to create the fate that killed Lingo-Three Detroit!

[Verse 1] There’s no point in saying any more This is really not what I had hoped for I wonder why I tried With all irony aside; [Chorus 1] ‘Cause I knew this would happen… [Verse 2] Of all the rocks and the planets way out there I thought yours was brimming with fresh air I was scared of what could go wrong I guess I was right all along; [Chorus 2] When I knew this would happen to you [Verse 3] I wonder how the people I once knew Have lived their lives and what they are up to It’s strange when you’re forced to choose The people that you will lose [Chorus 3] I knew this would happen [Verse 4] Thinking now about the choices I’ve made; Am I better for leaving or should I have stayed? And, often, life is art; The good things just fall apart [Chorus 4] I knew this would happen to you I knew this would happen to you

[Verse 1] The fable was a vehicle of truth (how to learn from your mistakes) But the idea so golden The lesson was forgotten right when you began it [Verse 2] Armed with an industrious mind And no imagination We will end up just like The people on Lingo, people on Lingo... [Chorus 1] See, now we've built the Model T There's no escape! It's already started! It's a plague on wheels Imminent future! Fate is impending! [Verse 3] Ideas were just badges on Earth Thеir content didn't matter But therе was money to be made The lesson was forgotten right when you began it [Verse 4] Kago was innocent enough And the allegory was apt But he did not know that We are not immune to passing ideas [Chorus 2] It's a plague on wheels Imminent future! Fate is impending! It's a plague on wheels Imminent future! Fate is impending! There's no escape, it's already started!