Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song 20th Century Man, artist - The Kinks. Date of issue: 02.12.2021
Song language: English
20th Century Man |
| 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 want, 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, I don’t want to die here |
| Girl, 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 want to be 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 |
| 'Cause 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 die here |
| I don’t want twentieth century, man |
| No more twentieth century man |
| I don’t want twentieth century, man |
| 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 |