It was way after midnight, all the village was asleep   All except for one young villain through the night did creep   He went down to the church, started ringing the bell   Everybody came out looking, running like the hounds of hell      There are lights in the castle, they are blazing all night long   Let me tell you, everybody, there is something going on   So they took to the torches and went over the wall   Someone went ahead to tell of horrors hiding in the hall      "What did you see?", "I saw an apparition"   "What did you see?", "A monster on a bed"   "What did you see?", "I saw an old magician   Waking up the living from the dead!"      Keep away, keep away   They are making the perfect man   Keep away, keep away   They are making the perfect   Making the perfect man      So they called for the doctor, the doctor said, "It's strange   He's got pistols on his fingers, he's got love on the brain   He's got a tongue good for lying and the legs to run away   He will fool all the people all the time some day"      "What will he be?", "A leader of the country"   "What will he be?", "A member of the press"   "What will he be?", "A banker selling moonbeams   You can watch your money going west"      Keep away, keep away   They are making the perfect man   Keep away, keep away   They are making the perfect   Said, making the perfect, making the perfect man      "I'd like to spend a night with you   And show you what I am"      "What will he be?", "Could make a politician"   "What will he be?", "A member of the press"   "What will he be?", "A banker selling moonbeams   You can watch your money, you can watch your money   You can watch your money going west"      Keep away, keep away   They are making the perfect man   Keep away, keep away   They are making the perfect   Making the perfect man      (Perfect man)   (Perfect man)   Making the perfect   (Perfect man)   Making the perfect man      Making the perfect, making the perfect   Making the perfect man   I'd like to spend a night with you   Making the perfect, making the perfect   (I'd like to spend a night with you)   Making the perfect man