20th Century Man [live] Lyrics - One For The Road (hybr) - 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. 

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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. 

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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