Toys is a 1992 fantasy comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and Jamie Foxx in his feature film debut. The film failed at the box office at the time of its release, despite its impressive cast and lavish filmmaking. Levinson was criticized for a lack of plot focus. The magnitude of perceived directorial failure was such that Levinson was consequently nominated for (but did not win) a Razzie Award for Worst Director. The film did, however, receive Oscar nominations for art direction (Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Linda DeScenna) and costume design. It was also entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.
René Magritte's art, particularly The Son of Man, is obvious in its influence on the set design, and in part the costume design, of the film. The poster for the film distributed to movie theaters features Robin Williams in a red bowler hat against a blue, cloud-lined background. Golconda is also featured during a sequence where Robin Williams and Joan Cusack's characters perform in a music video sequence rife with surreal imagery, much of it Magritte-inspired.
Don't tell me not to stare at you
I see the danger in your eyes
I would go anywhere with you
Into your private paradise
Into your bedroom point of view
Into the depths of hell for you
I would lead where others would not try
By your side
I can't speak
Think about it ,don't worry
Take a lifetime , don't hurry
Doesn't matter what your game is
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
Extraterrestial love affair
Into your secret hall of fame
Pray for the sacred and the strong
Pray for the others gone insane
Into your bedroom point of view
Into your private paradise
Open the gates and let me through
Into the depths of hell for you
I would lead where no other man would try
Oh by your side
I can't speak
Think about it , don't worry
Take a lifetime, don't hurry
Don't you blame me cos I love you
What your game is ,yeah
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
Oh baby
Someday your love will be over me
And I feel , and I feel
Creatures of the night
Keepers of the faith
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
Don't tell me not to stare at you
I see the danger in your eyes
I would go anywhere with you
Into your private paradise
Into your bedroom point of view
Into the depths of hell for you
I would lead where others would not try
By your side
I can't speak
Think about it ,don't worry
Take a lifetime , don't hurry
Doesn't matter what your game is
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
Extraterrestial love affair
Into your secret hall of fame
Pray for the sacred and the strong
Pray for the others gone insane
Into your bedroom point of view
Into your private paradise
Open the gates and let me through
Into the depths of hell for you
I would lead where no other man would try
Oh by your side
I can't speak
Think about it , don't worry
Take a lifetime, don't hurry
Don't you blame me cos I love you
What your game is ,yeah I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
Oh baby
Someday your love will be over me
And I feel , and I feel
Creatures of the night
Keepers of the faith
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
I'd like to play with your toys
I'd like to play with your toys
Be one of your special friends
One last emotion can bring
Cindy's spending too much money on clothes
Ken is going back to Gay Bob
The teddy bears swear the neighborhood's gone
Since the moving in of polliwog
Rag doll gets beaten up by the action man
The one with the real life hair
He walks and he talks in a commanding voice
But sexually, he's not all there
Oh dear, what can the matter be, my children, sweet children
What gives down in the nursery, my children, sweet children
Oh dear, what if the cradle falls, my children, sweet children
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em, we killed 'em
If toys are quarreling amongst themselves
What hope is there now for the world?
The smell of smoke hanging thick over Funland
As the older toys are pushed down a ramp
The microchip master race are melting them down
In a dolly concentration camp
The world's gone mad but in miniature
The kids can only do what they feel
See them copy what their parents have done
'Til they're old enough to do it for real
Oh dear, what can the matter be, my children, sweet children
What gives down in the nursery, my children, sweet children
Oh dear, what if the cradle falls, my children, sweet children
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em, we killed 'em
If toys are quarreling amongst themselves
What hope is there now for the world?
Burn
Oh dear, what can the matter be, my children, sweet children
What gives down in the nursery, my children, sweet children
Oh dear, what if the cradle falls, my children, sweet children
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em, we killed 'em
Oh dear, what can the matter be, my children, sweet children
What gives down in the nursery, my children, sweet children
Oh dear, what if the cradle falls, my children, sweet children
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em, we killed 'em
Oh dear, what can the matter be
What gives down in the nursery
Oh dear, what if the cradle falls
Toys are only human after all
Oh dear, what can the matter be
We are the night
We'll tempt you and turn you on
Live in our hearts
And play with your man
Oh, these are your toys
Hold them and they'll obey
Blood into life
They still become your toys
This is your game
In heaven in your bedroom
Chivalrous knight
Will save you tonight
They'll look for reasons again and again
Let them go, let them go, let them go
You'll have your reason again and again
For letting them go, for letting them go
We are the night
We'll tempt you and turn you on
Live in our hearts
And play with your man
They'll look for reasons again and again
Let them go, let them go, let them go
You'll have your reasons again and again
For letting them go, for letting them go
Oh, stand by the wall
Watch as they shoot you down
Blood onto stone
They're still your toys
i remember times when we were young
so whats safisticated seems like nothing could go wrong
and all the nights grew long and lovely
but now the times have changed and eveythings so complicated
everything feels wrong and i dont know what seperated us
you think boys and girls are just toys made for 1 another but i got news for you even toys can't hurt eachother
but now the times haves changed and eveythings so complicated i don't know what went wrong and all the nights all long and lonely
once upon a time we had it made but it just slipped away but its too bad that things like that could get the best of us
you think that boys and girls are just toys made for one another but i got news for you even toys can hurt eachother
you think boys and girls are just toys made for 1 another but i got news for you even toys can hurt eachother
you think boys and girls are just toys made for one another but i got news for you even toys can hurt eachother
Toys, Toys
Girls, Boys
Toys, Toys
Girls, Boys
[Mac Dre]
When I step in the room
They put they coat on
So much ice on they say "Hold on"
But I can't hold on
You can't stop me
I rapping but I'd rather be shopping
Rather be copping something to play with
He Mac Dre with
Wiggle through the Bay with
From the AM to the PM
Slide in the Benz or the BM
BMW I'm lovin' you baby
We doin' 80 on the 880
Blocka, Blocka you hear the noise
It's me and my boys playin' with our toys
We glockin' Heckler and Koch'n
Dumpin' on fools when the boys ain't watchin'
Loose my composure, my poise
I start squeezing on one of my toys
[Chorus: Mac Dre]
Toys, Toys
Girls, Boys
(You hear the noise, We playin' with our toys)
Money burns a hole in me pocket
Everything I see and want I got to cop it
Flip it, whip it, swang it, dip it
Whip's new or old as Mr. Lipid
Candy paint job lookin' surpy
Canvas top on my Cougar Mercury
In me nut me like to swing eight's
Two more whip's is European V8's
I buys T-O-Y's
4.6's, 745's
Excursion's, Navigator's
Put slump in 'em and wake up the neighbors
Shake up the neighbors everytime they see me
I make toys appear like a genie
Any time I see the boys
I dose, get ghost in one of my toys
How gentle is the rain
That falls softly on the meadow?
Birds high up in the trees
Serenade the flowers with their melodies
Oh, see there beyond the hill
The bright colors of the rainbow
Some magic from above
Made this day for us just to fall in love
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Now, I belong to you
From this day until forever
Just love me tenderly,
And I'll give to you every part of me
Oh, don't ever make me cry
Through long, lonely nights without love
Be always true to me
Keep this day in your heart eternally
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
Someday, we shall return
To this place upon the meadow
We'll walk out in the rain,
Hear the birds above singing once again
Oh, you'll hold me in your arms
And say once again you love me
And if your love is true,
Everything will be just as wonderful
You'll hold me in your arms
And say once again you love me
And if your love is true,
Everything will be just as wonderful
How gentle is the rain
that falls softly on the meadow,
birds high up the trees
serenade the clouds with their melodies
Oh, see there beyond the hill,
the bright colors of the rainbow.
some magic from above
made this day for us just to fall in love
Now, i belong to you
from this day until forever,
just love me tenderly
and i'll give to you every part of me.
Oh, don't ever make me cry
through long lonely nights without us.
be always true to me,
keep this day in your heart eternally.
One day we shall return
to this place upon the meadow.
we'll walk out in the rain,
see the birds above singing once again
Oh, you hold me in your arms,
and say once again you love me,
and if your love is true,
everything will be just as wonderful.
You'll hold me in your arms,
and say once again you'll love me,
and if your love is true,
I remember times when we were young
So unsophisticated
Seems like nothing could go wrong
And all the nights were long and lovely
But now the times have changed
And everything's so complicated
Everything feels wrong
And I don't know what separated us
You think boys and girls are just toys
Made for one another
But I've got news for you
Even toys can hurt each other
But now the times have changed
And everything's so complicated
I don't know what went wrong
And all the nights are long and lonely
Once upon a time we had it made
But it just slipped away from us
It's too bad that things like that could get the best of us
You think boys and girls are just toys
Made for one another
But I've got news for you
Even toys can hurt each other
You think boys and girls are just toys
Made for one another
But I've got news for you
Even toys can hurt each other
You think boys and girls are just toys
Made for one another
But I've got news for you