It's a polyphonic sound It's the shape of things It's a very modern century That we're living in You were seventeen and I was nine I saw you take my sister to bed that time I was young but I knew I'd want to Playback Baby, playback your love to me Play it in the studio Play it on the radio Playback Playback It's a day in my life It's the coldest yet You sit there with your Tanqueray And a cigarette Donne moi ce que tu as promis Donne moi ce que tu as dit I'm not going to wait around for you to Playback Baby, playback your love to me Play it in the studio Play it on the radio Playback Playback It's the supersonic look Of the things to come It's the jet age now That we're coming from You're a high tech man of discovery But you walk away and leave me here in misery Alors, just walk on Playback Baby, playback your love to me Play it in the studio Play it on the radio Playback Playback