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This is the age of machinery, |
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A mechanical nightmare, |
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The wonderful world of technology, |
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Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare, |
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This is the twentieth century, |
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But too much aggravation |
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It's the age of insanity, |
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What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem. |
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Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned |
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here. |
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My mama said she can't understand me |
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She can't see my motivation |
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Just give me some security, |
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I'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century. |
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You keep all your smart modern writers |
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Give me William Shakespeare |
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You keep all your smart modern painters |
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I'll take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough, |
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Girl we gotta get out of here |
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We gotta find a solution |
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here. |
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I was born in a welfare state |
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Ruled by bureaucracy |
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Controlled by civil servants |
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And people dressed in grey |
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Got no privacy, got no liberty |
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Cos the twentieth century people |
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Took it all away from me. |
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Don't wanna get myself shot down |
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By some trigger happy policeman, |
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Gotta keep a hold on my sanity |
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here. |
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My mama says she can't understand me |
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She can't see my motivation |
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Ain't got no security, |
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here. |
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This is the twentieth century |
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But too much aggravation |
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This is the edge of insanity |
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here. |
