20th Century Man lyrics
Song information
Artist: Kinks Album: Muswell Hillbillies
Lyrics
This is the age of machinery A mechanical nightmare The wonderful world of technology Napalm hydrogen bombs biological warfare
This is the twentieth century But too much aggravation It's the age of insanity What has become of the green pleasant fields of jerusalem
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here My mama said she can't understand me She can't see my motivation Just give me some security I'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century
You keep all your smart modern writers Give me william shakespeare You keep all your smart modern painters I'll take rembrandt, titian, da vinci and gainsborough
Girl we gotta get out of here We gotta find a solution I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here
I was born in a welfare state Ruled by bureaucracy Controlled by civil servants And people dressed in grey Got no privacy got no liberty Cos the twentieth century people Took it all away from me
Don't wanna get myself shot down By some trigger happy policeman Gotta keep a hold on my sanity I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
My mama says she can't understand me She can't see my motivation Ain't got no security I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here
This is the twentieth century But too much aggravation This is the edge of insanity I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here
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"Muswell Hillbillies" album track list
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