There's a bookstore in town where no-one reads
  And those who remember will disappear
  I hate to see them getting old
  But they're better dead than read
  I've just discovered something new
  America called and put cables on us
  Now it's crazy like Disneyland
  The return of the soft machine
  The return of the soft machine
  
  Take a look what's going on
  The entertainment has begun
  Driving in a golden car
  Bigger than America
  
  Everybody can be a fool
  You can't see it but you know it's coming
  The cars are flying and the people dying
  Now we're back on the wild side again
  Africa screams hot, hard and mean
  In Europe the crimes are in the streets
  So don't cry baby killer, daddy's gone a-hunting
  And you know he'll be back again
  
  The return of the soft machine
  And you know he'll be back again
  Tell the truth and damn the lies
  Crushed by the fortune's famous eyes
  Driving in a golden car
  Bigger than America
  
  Loadin' up an' havin' fun
  The magic circle is the magic gun
  Shooting for a golden star
  Bigger than America
  (repeat 6 times)