In The Modern World Lyrics - Glitter In The Gutter - Jesse Malin

Marylin's queen of the scene 

In a humble abode 

By the bowling green 

Marylin she collects names 

With picture profile computer games 

To hang on 

In the modern world 

Pretty boys and girls 

We've been hangin' on forever 

By the radio with the afterglow 

Mama told you 

Now or never 

Vampires out in the sun 

Gothic girls, she's the pregnant one 

Her indie boy doesn't work 

He's a trust fund straight edge soda jerk 

To bang on 

In the modern world 

Pretty boys and girls 

We've been hangin' on forever 

By the radio with the afterglow 

Mama told you 

Now or never 

That's entertainment 

She changes her name 

Finds liberation in the bathtub rain 

The Indians went back the Bronx 

Her kid hides his face in the cereal box 

Marylin wants to break free 

But lately it's ice cream and bad TV 

To hang on 

In the modern world 

Pretty boys and girls 

We've been hangin' on forever 

It's so avant-garde 

With your platinum card 

But you won't return to sender 

A little gender bender 

Come on and fuck forever 

In the modern world 

In the modern world