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Cyborg Bette Lyrics
Cyborg Bette
You're as cold
You're as cold as ice
Cyborg Bette
You never treat me
You never treat me right
Superior programming
Superior hardware
Superior firepower
Superior hardware
I remember
When you told me
That you were built for me
And I remember
When you told me
You would never leave
Superior programming
Superior hardware
Superior firepower
Superior hardware
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you got to run so hot?
You come home
Speaking
Speaking mean and rude
You come home
Reeking
Reeking mean of crude
And I know that
Things ain't
What they used to be
When I ask you
For water
You give me gasoline
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you got to run so hot?
The very rarest
Of earth elements
Style and grace
Style and grace
Altogether
Hyper-sapient
Style and grace
Style and grace
Cyborg Bette
You done me
Wrong for the last time
I got a new girl
The latest model
And she's mine oh mine
Superior programming
Superior hardware
Superior firepower
Superior hardware
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you got to run so hot?
Style and grace
Style and grace
You're as cold
You're as cold as ice
Cyborg Bette
You never treat me
You never treat me right
Superior hardware
Superior firepower
Superior hardware
When you told me
That you were built for me
And I remember
When you told me
You would never leave
Superior hardware
Superior firepower
Superior hardware
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you got to run so hot?
Speaking
Speaking mean and rude
You come home
Reeking
Reeking mean of crude
Things ain't
What they used to be
When I ask you
For water
You give me gasoline
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you got to run so hot?
Of earth elements
Style and grace
Style and grace
Altogether
Hyper-sapient
Style and grace
Style and grace
You done me
Wrong for the last time
I got a new girl
The latest model
And she's mine oh mine
Superior hardware
Superior firepower
Superior hardware
Why you gotta run so hot?
Why you got to run so hot?
Style and grace
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These are some of my favorite lyrics of Neil's. It's about gender expectations, particularly those on women. Cyborg is, in one way, a term that often is used when discussing gender studies. The idea being women (as well as men, but more prominently women) are expected to behave and appear in ways that are not humanly possible. The Barbie doll problem, so to speak.
Neil addresses the fact that when women don't behave/appear in ways that are congruent with societal standards they are shunned ("I've got a new girl, the latest model"). And asks, sarcastically, why they aren't behaving to these standards ("Why you gotta run so hot?") using a term that is often used to describe a car or other piece of technology (cyborg) not running properly.
Processors that run too hot may shut down as a protective measure. If your cyborg is running hot then you're overburdening her and not sufficiently cooling her. But he blames the technology rather than his abuse of it.
@cameronwg5 could also be that perhaps (in the context of the song) that she is not performing how he expects (i.e. not running smoothly according to their expectations)
@cameronwg5 could also be that perhaps (in the context of the song) that she is not performing how he expects (i.e. not running smoothly according to their expectations)
I love this song! My wife's name is Betty, I tell her if she doesn't chill out "I'm going to get a new girl, the latest model" she does not like this song…
@WestVirginiaNinja I can understand her trepidation regarding the song ... just be careful she doesn't upgrade you first !!
@WestVirginiaNinja I can understand her trepidation regarding the song ... just be careful she doesn't upgrade you first !!