____ ________ _ _ _ _ / ___) (___ ___) ( \ / ) ( \ / ) / (___ / / \ \/ / \ \/ / (___ / / / \ / ) ( ___/ / / / / / / /\ \ (____/ (_/ (_/ (_/ \_) K I L R O Y W A S H E R E T H E P A S T Dr. Everett Righteous, founder and leader of the MMM, (The Majority for Musical Morality) became influential in American politics through the use of his own cable t.v. network. He spoke about the evils of Rock 'n Roll music, and how its permissive attitudes were responsible for the moral and economic decline of America. He was charismatic, entertaining, and above all, he understood the media. The MMM soon gained enough power to have Rock 'n Roll banned. Robert Orin Charles Kilroy was a world famous Rock 'n Roll star. As this new law was passed, Kilroy and his band were finishing a national tour. Their last performance, at the Paradise Theatre, would serve as the test case. On the night of the concert, as Kilroy played to a packed house, the MMM marched in and stormed the stage. When it was over, a MMM protester was dead...Kilroy was convicted of murder and sent to a prison ship with other Rock 'n Roll misfits... T H E P R E S E N T ...Is a future where Japanese manufactured robots, designed to work cheaply and endlessly, are the caretakers of society. "Mr. Robotos" are everywhere, serving as manual labor in jobs that were once held by humans... Dr. Righteous enforces his own morality by holding nightly rallies where crowds hurl Rock 'n Roll records and electric guitars into huge bonfires...Jonathan Chance, the rebel leader of an underground movement to bring back Rock 'n Roll, has made Kilroy the symbol of his cause. Meanwhile, Kilroy has spent a number of years in prison. With no hope of release, he is subjected to the humiliation of mind control via the MMM Cable Network. In an attempt to contact Kilroy, Jonathan jams the airwaves of the MMM network, replacing a mind control session with outlawed footage of a Kilroy concert. Inspired by Jonathan's message, Kilroy plots his escape. Late one night, he makes a daring attempt to free himself by overpowering a Roboto guard. Disguised as a Roboto, Kilroy moves freely throughout the city leaving graffiti coded messages for Jonathan. Jonathan discovers the "Rock Code" which leads him to the old Paradise Theatre, now the site of Dr. Righteous' Museum of Rock Pathology. There he sees the last Kilroy concert mechanically depicted by Kilroy look-alike robots as the violent end of Rock 'n Roll...and there, he and Kilroy meet for the first time. ________________________________________________________________________________ Mr. Roboto Heavy Metal Poisoning --- ------ ----- ----- --------- Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto, What the devil's goin' on Mata ah-oo Hima de Why don't you turn that music down Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto, You're going deaf and that's for sure Himitsu wo Shiri tai But all you do is scream for more You're wondering who I am -- Machine Get the lead out go for broke or mannequin Pop your pills and drink and smoke With parts made in Japan, I am the Shoot those chemicals in your vein Modren Man. Anything to ease the pain I've got a secret I've been hiding Heavy Metal Poisoning under my skin Got a toxic wasteland in your ear My heart is human, my blood is boil- canal ing, my brain I.B.M. You're overloaded, you're suffering So if you see me acting strangely, Overloaded on sex and drugs don't be suprised I'm just a man who needed someone, Everything is black and white and somewhere to hide You are wrong and we are right To keep me alive--Just keep me alive First we'll spank your big behinds Somewhere to hide to keep me alive Then we'll twist your little minds I'm not a robot without emotions -- I'm not what you see I'm Dr. Righteous, and I'm here to sing I've come to help you with your prob- That heavy metal is poisoning lems, so we can be free It's a music wasteland, that destroys I'm not a Hero, I'm not a Saviour, the young forget what you know They're overloaded on sex and drugs I'm just a man whose circumstances And Rock and Roll. . . went beyond his control Beyond my control -- we all need Heavy Metal Poisoning control Got a toxic wasteland at the Love I need control -- we all need control Canal You're overloaded, you're suffering I am the Modren Man, who hides Overloaded on sex and drugs behind a mask So no one else can see my true identity. Just Get Through This Night ---- --- ------- ---- ----- Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto. Domo... Domo This could be the longest night in recorded history Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto And as for sleep, you might as well For helping me escape just when I just cross it off the list of needed to possibilities Thank you -- Thank you, Thank you (Now) I'm as brave as the next man I want to thank you, please, thank you I won't turn and run from a fight And I could last a million years The problem's plain to see: Too much If I just get through this night Technology Machines to save our lives. Machines I could be a novelist de-humanize Tell secrets never heard Pour my soul into each and every The time has come at last sentence To throw away this mask But I just can't find the words So everyone can see Still I know that you're out there My true identity... And you can relate to it all I'm Kilroy! And I could bear the cold and stormy winter If I just get through this fall Cold War ---- --- Don't you know there's no place on this earth I'm tired of your psychology Where you can run to escape the to bring me to my bended knees pain of a broken heart And if I could only talk to you It's useless to spend the time it I'm sure that I could make you see takes you to try 'Cause time has a way But can't you see that I'm here of bringing even mountains down, And I'm looking just the same down, down And I don't know why. . . Storm clouds are coming I suggest you head for higher ground I could be a movie star The King of Hollywood I say you're a thing of the past Make them cry, dramatically and you ain't gonna last pretending no matter what you say or do To keep Romance alive It's all caught up to you And I would humbly thank my director You're duty-free, you're tax-exempt And everyone involved from the You party with the President start And you dance the dance so naturally I could blow them all away why not believe you're Heaven-sent If I'd only find the part But time has a way of bringing If I just get through this night even mountains down, down, down If I just get through this night There's a dark cloud a-comin' I insist you head for higher ground You talk talk and you get so intense that you almost make sense and that's what scares me the most You are the host of Celebrity Lies It's Prime-Time, baby Cant you see it in my eyes, it's a Cold War -- runnin' in the streets Everybody you meet knows it's going down, don't you know Cold War -- blowing in the air Everyone everywhere says it's time to get ready for a Cold War Don't you look now but the skinny boy's becoming a man You say it's the luck of the draw and you can't have it all and I'll die young trying to make it into something that ain't gonna last You ought to reconsider 'cause I'm coming fast with a Cold War -- running in the streets Everybody you meet knows it's going down, don't you know Cold War -- blood is in the air Everyone everywhere says it's time to get ready for a Cold War looking at me From behind every tree there's a scared man running from a Cold War -- Don't you look now but the skinny boy's a street- fighting man