1981년 7월 2일에 발매된 ELO 9집 ‘Time’ 3번 트랙 수록곡입니다. 독특한 보컬 레코딩과 곡 중간 부분의 전개가 바뀌는 부분이 돋보이는 곡입니다. 곡 첫 부분의 전자음의 목소리(I love you, sincerely Yours truly, yours truly)는 보코더(Vocoder)를 사용한 것으로 생각됩니다,
   영국 출신의 Roy Wood와 Jeff Lynne이 1971년 결성한 ELO(Electric Light Orchestra)는 1970년대, 1980년대 영국, 미국을 중심으로 많은 사랑을 받은 그룹입니다. 그룹 이름처럼 클래식과 락을 결합한 음악을 많이 발표했고, 특히, ELO는 독특한 색깔을 가진 자신들만의 사운드를 만들어냈습니다.

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Artwork: Guy Fery
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals: Kelly Groucutt
Conductor(Strings): Rainer Pietsch
Coordinator(Album): Brian Jones
Drums, Percussion: Bev Bevan
Engineer: Mack
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer: Jeff Lynne
Music By, Lyrics By: Jeff Lynne
Photography By: Frank Griffin
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Guitar: Richard Tandy
Producer: Jeff Lynne
Strings: Jeff Lynne, Rainer Pietsch, Richard Tandy

(가사)
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly

I sent a message to another time
But as the days unwind, this I just can't believe
I sent a note across another plane
Maybe it's all a game, but this I just can't conceive
Can you hear me?

I drive the very latest hovercar
I don't know where you are
But I miss you so much till then
I met someone who looks a lot like you
She does the things you do
But she is an ibm

Shes only programmed to be very nice
But she's as cold as ice
Whenever I get too near
She tells me that she likes me very much
But when I try to touch
She makes it all too clear

She is the latest in technology
Almost mythology
But she has a heart stone
She has an i.q. of 1001
She has a jumpsuit on
And she’s also a telephone

Is that what you want?
Is it what you really want?

I realize that it must seem to strange
That time has rearranged
But time has the final word
She knows I think of you, she reads my mind
She tries to be unkind
She knows nothing of your world

Although her memory banks overflow
No one would ever know
For all she says: is that what you want?
Maybe one day I'll feel her cold embrace
And kiss her interface
Til then I'll leave her alone
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