21st century man

Posted by – September 13, 2011

I found out the most accurate song about the 21st century man was written about the 20th century man:

The Kinks – 20th Century Man

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 be 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.

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