The Kinks

The Kinks - 20th Century Man lyrics

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20th Century Man
The Kinks


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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Copyrights:

Author: Ray Davies

Composer: ?

Publisher: Starblend Records

Details:

Released in: 1971

Language: English

Appearing on: Greatest Hits (2007) , One For The Road (2004) , Celluloid Heroes (2001) , Muswell Hillbillies (re-issue) (1998) , Razor & Tie Sampler (1992) , The Essential (2014)

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