Ray Davies - 20th Century Man lyrics

rate me

This is the age of machinery,<br />

A mechanical nightmare,<br />

The wonderful world of technology,<br />

Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare,<br />

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This is the twentieth century,<br />

But too much aggravation<br />

It's the age of insanity,<br />

What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem.<br />

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Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned<br />

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.<br />

My mama said she can't understand me<br />

She can't see my motivation<br />

Just give me some security,<br />

I'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century.<br />

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You keep all your smart modern writers<br />

Give me William Shakespeare<br />

You keep all your smart modern painters<br />

I'll take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough,<br />

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Girl we gotta get out of here<br />

We gotta find a solution<br />

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here.<br />

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I was born in a welfare state<br />

Ruled by bureaucracy<br />

Controlled by civil servants<br />

And people dressed in grey<br />

Got no privacy, got no liberty<br />

Cos the twentieth century people<br />

Took it all away from me.<br />

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Don't wanna get myself shot down<br />

By some trigger happy policeman,<br />

Gotta keep a hold on my sanity<br />

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here.<br />

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My mama says she can't understand me<br />

She can't see my motivation<br />

Ain't got no security,<br />

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.<br />

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This is the twentieth century<br />

But too much aggravation<br />

This is the edge of insanity<br />

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.