20th Century Man
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Lyrics for 20th Century Man by The Kinks
Songwriters: Davies, Ray
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want
Just give me some security
I'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century
You keep all your smart modern painters
I don't wanna be here
Ain't got no security
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want
This is the twentieth century
Girl, we gotta get out of here
Took it all away from me
My mama says, she can't understand me
Ain't got no ambition
Mama besides she can't understand me
'Cos the twentieth century people
Napalm hydrogen bombs biological warfare
Give me William Shakespeare
But too much aggravation
I'll take Rembrandt, titian, da Vinci and Gainsborough
This is the edge of insanity
This is the twentieth century
We gotta find a solution
Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in gray
By some trigger happy policeman
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want
I don't wanna be here
The wonderful world of technology
Don't wanna get myself shot down
We gotta find a solution
She can't see my motivation
She can't see my motivation
I was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
Got no privacy, got no liberty
Gotta keep a hold on my sanity
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
Girl, we gotta get out of here
I'm just disillusioned
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem
You keep all your smart modern writers
I don't wanna die here
But too much aggravation
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
It's the age of insanity

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