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Cutting Edge Tab

by Van Dyke Parks


Cutting Edge

From the movie, Brave Little Toaster


 

Since you came here uninvited
We all knew you'd be delighted
This is not the time or place to hedge
No one here would be so bold to
But since you asked and no one's told you
Let us take you to the cutting edge


I can process words, accounting too
And my pixel screen displays for you
Computer graphics locked into your memory

With fiber optics cast in plastic
For natural sights and sounds fantastic

Just reach out and talk to your dear old Uncle Emery

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More! More! More!
Everything you wanted and more
F# -- G# -- A - G# -- A -- B -
F# -- A --  B -
More! More! More!


Let me tell you what it's for

Here's the printout with the score
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Get yourself together on the edge

D G--D

        -             A   -  D   -   A    -  D    -
You want to go to old Rio De Janiero, my dear
                         -     -       -   -
You want to join in any Club Paradise
                                       -        -      -
You'd really rather stay at home where the picture is clear
          -             -            -       -
You get it on the stereo and you don't even have to go

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More! More! More!
Everything you wanted and more
F# -- G# -- A - G# -- A -- B -
F# -- A --  B -
More! More! More!


Any time or place you wish

You might meet up with some dish
     -            -    
Pull yourself together on the edge


If you want a lean machine to whip you up some mean cuisine
I'm on the scene totally automatic

Hey, I can bake your biscuits too
Pop some dough boy out for you

I'm micro solid-state and that's no static

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More! More! More!
Everything you wanted and more
F# -- G# -- A - G# -- A -- B -
F# -- A --  B -
More! More! More!


We're the bytes and chips to call

You just have yourself a ball
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It's all hyperactive on the edge

From LEDs to CRTs
Woofers, tweeters, antenna trees
An ultra-nylon life of ease
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Everything you dreamed of on the edge
And more