Caetano Veloso - The Secret of the Machines lyrics

[Caetano Veloso] Torn from the mountainside And the mind we melt in the pit Cast, wrought and hammered there By design we're cut, tooled and fitted We can pull and haul and push, lift, drive, print, plough and weave And light We can run and race and swim, fly, dive, see, hear, and count And write [Caetano Veloso] Shall we pipe water down From the snows that fall in the hills Turning your water wheels As it flows through cities and gristmills It is easy! Give us your drills The hard shouldered rocks will quake As the thirsty valley with dammed floods fills up and turns to lake