Twentieth Century Man

This is the age of machinery
A mechanical nightmare
The wonderful world of technology
Napalm hydrogen bombs biological warfareThis is the twentieth century
But too much aggravation
It's the age of insanity
What has become of the green pleasant fields of JerusalemAin't got no ambition
I'm just disillusioned
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want
I don't wanna be hereMama besides 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 centuryYou 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 GainsboroughGirl, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want
I don't wanna die hereGirl, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want
I don't wanna be hereI was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in gray
Got no privacy, got no liberty
'Cos the twentieth century people
Took it all away from meDon'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 hereMy 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 die hereThis 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