I Hate the 21st Century - The Godfathers

A wise man once said a flower is only A sexual organ, beauty is cruelty and evolution A wise man once said that everything Could be explained with mathematics He had denied his feminine side Now where is the wisdom in that? I came just as fast as I could Through the dirty air of your neighborhood Your name on a grain of rice Hanging around my neck and a head like lead This is the 21st century, I heard everything they said The universe demystified, chemicals for God This is the 21st century A wise man once wrote that love is only A primal instinct for reproduction, natural selection A wise man once said that everything Could be explained and it's all in the brain This is the 21st century, I heard everything you said The universe demystified, astronomy instead This is the 21st century, can't you get it through your head? This ain't the way it was meant to be, magic isn't dead Come to bed, come to bed Rest your heavy head, my love And slowly from above she showed The answer's something that can't be written down This is the 21st century, flash to crash and burn But nobody's gonna give you anything for nothing in return There's a man up in a mirrored building and he just bought the world Would you want your own kids growing up into what's left of this? She shook her head, she said Can't you see the world is you, the world is me?

Been turned around till I'm upside down Been all at sea until I've drowned And I've felt torture, I've felt pain Just like that film with Michael Caine I've been abused and I've been confused And I've kissed Margaret Thatcher's shoes And I been high and I been low And I don't know where to go Birth, school, work, death Birth, school, work, death And heroin was the love you gave From the cradle to the grave Boys and girls don't understand The devil makes work for idle hands I cut myself but I don't bleed 'Cause I don't get what I need Doesn't matter what I say Tomorrow's still another day Birth, school, work, death Birth, school, work, death Yeah, I've been high and I've been low And I don't know where to go I'm living on the never, never, never This time it's gonna be forever I'll live and die don't ask me why I wanna go to paradise And I don't need your sympathy There's nothing in this world for me Birth, school, work, death Birth, school, work, death Birth, school, work, death Birth, school, work, death Birth, school, work, death Birth, school, work, death