Please Mr Lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Please Mr Lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Will you let me control the handles,
you know it's the best thing I've ever seen

Well Mr Lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Well Mr Lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Can you fix me up now with a teacher,
I wanna become an inventor too

Why Mr Lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
Why Mr Lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
It's true no one here understands now
But maybe someday they'll catch up with you