Intro Grow the nanobots Chorus Grow the nanobots up Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk Wind the nanobots up Wind them up and ask them a question Raise the yellow bots up Raise them up and make them respect us Wind the marching bots up Wind them up and wish them away verse 1 What with all the hullabaloo We very nearly forgot about you Now all the old troubles will soon be at an end And all the new ones will begin when we send the signal To the newborn citizenship Of the micronations Sleeper cells awaken, now this is your time Hear the voices calling to their confederates See the tiny figures stretching their limbs Stand back and watch them Grow the nanobots up Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk Wind the nanobots up Wind them up and wish them away verse 2 The sun is rising in the wrong place I would decorate the room but there's no more space All I see is pictures of matchstick men I turn my back for two minutes and they've grown again Pre-Chorus Rearranging beds Eating what's available In some hand-me-downs Making do with leftovers Bunking up, sharing comic books Sitting three-deep on each other's laps In a van stacked up on other vans Driving on a tidal wave where they Grow the nanobots up Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk Wind the nanobots up Wind them up and wish them away Raise the yellow bots up Raise them up and make them respect us Wind the marching bots up Wind them up and get them to send a signal To the newborn citizenship Of the micronations Sleeper cells awaken now This is your, this is your time

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