Once a beautiful Miss America
married Mr. Right
Had a little baby girl,
born on a stormy night
But that was once upon a time,
now it`s a brand new world


Gimme the future, gimme the future,
gimme the future with a modern girl


Gimme the future, gimme the future,
gimme the future with a modern girl


Somewhere just between the past and somethin` dawnin` new
There`s a break in the chain,
there`s a skip in the clock
Girl that`s where I`m gonna find you


Between the boy I was before and what I`m gonna be
There`s a clash on the border,
a flame in the sky
Girl that`s where you`re gonna find me


Can`t you hear the planet groanin` like a broken down machine
Rusted with the guilty tears of fallen kings and queens
But you and I stand innocent,
baby it`s a brand new world


Gimme the future, gimme the future,
gimme the future with a modern girl
Gimme the future, gimme the future,
gimme the future with a modern girl


(Gimme the future, gimme the future,
gimme the future with a modern girl)


Bridge:


We`re the son and the daughter on a new freeway
(Gimme the future, gimme the future)
Laughin` while the road maps blow away
(Gimme the future with a modern girl)
We`re the son and the daughter and we ain`t afraid
(Gimme the future, gimme the future)
Won`t be makin` the mistakes our fathers made
(Gimme the future with a modern girl)


(Gimme the future, gimme the future)
oh, gimme the future with a modern girl
(Gimme the future, gimme the future)
oh, gimme the future with a modern girl


Once a beautiful Miss America married Mr. Right
Had a little baby boy,
born on a stormy night
But that was once upon a time,
now it`s a brand new world


Gimme the future, gimme the future -
gimme the future with a modern girl...


(repeats out)


(bridge)