[Intro Morse code clicks with upright bass] Click click spark let the workshop wake Big ideas make the whole room shake Gears start turning electricity spinning Brand new age and the patent pending [Verse 1 Swing drums and bouncing piano] Morse tapped messages line to line Baltimore to Washington record time Cyrus Field crossed the ocean blue Weeks became seconds when the signal flew Bell made a telephone voices on wire One little accident set the test on fire Watson heard him from the other room Soon every business made the telephone boom [Chorus Big brass with group vocals] Patent pending what you got Take that idea make it hot Click clack buzz lights flash Build that future make it fast Patent pending make it move New invention brand new groove Think it test it make it last Build that future make it fast [Verse 2 Typewriters join the percussion] Four hundred thousand patents came through Sholes made typewriters clicking brand new Burroughs made adding machines calculate Eastman made cameras easy to take Thurman made cleaning less of a strain New little gadgets kept changing the game Edison worked where the bright sparks flew Phonographs, projectors, batteries too Menlo Park lit with a powerful glow Then New York buildings joined the show Westinghouse sent that power long range Factories, trolleys, streetlights changed [Chorus Big brass with group vocals] Patent pending what you got Take that idea make it hot Click clack buzz lights flash Build that future make it fast Patent pending make it move New invention brand new groove Think it test it make it last Build that future make it fast [Bridge Mechanical breakdown with inventor roll call] Latimer made the light wire strong Woods kept brakes and machines moving on McCoy made oiling run just right Matzeliger made shoes day and night Different minds with a different design Put those pieces on the production line [Verse 3 Assembly line rhythm builds faster] Ford had a vision in Detroit town Make cars tough and bring prices down Model T rolled in nineteen oh eight Millions hit roads at a record rate Each worker handled one job in line Mass production cut cost and time Wright brothers started with bicycles first Gliders kept failing but they kept at the work Kitty Hawk wind and a gasoline drive December seventeen they took to the sky From dots and dashes to a motor in flight Ideas kept turning on the future light [Final Chorus Full band with flying finish] Patent pending what you got Take that idea make it hot Click clack buzz lights flash Build that future make it fast Patent pending make it move New invention brand new groove Think it test it make it last Build that future make it fast Patent pending what you got Take that idea make it hot Click clack buzz lights flash Build that future make it fast
