21st century life

Singer:sam sparro

when i was a little boy

living in the last century

i thought about living in the future

then it occurred to me

i turned around

the future was now

the future was all around me

nothing like i had imagined

it was totally confounding

hey-ohhh

21st century life

i got swept away

i got 21

000 things that i got to do today

21st century life

well what can i say?

the new world's got me feeling so dirty

think i need to get down and play

well now i turned on the tv just in time enough to hear what the pope said

pope said

and just a few tiny words later

somebody wants the man dead

oh

well what about famine and disease

well they said its too bad

because i'm never alone

its not just a phone

its a stereo

hey-ohhh

21st century life

i got swept away

i got 21

000 things that i got to do today

21st century life

what can i say?

the new world's got me feeling so dirty

think i need to get down and play

now i'm not a little boy

i'm in the 21st century

well you might think we've come a really long way

but theres still no equality

mmm hey hey

i watched the news on my computer screen

talkin' 'bout buying my weed out of a vending machine

you tell me i'm free

well how can that be

when you're always watching me on the cctv?

21st century life

i got swept away

i got 21

000 things that i got to do today

21st century life

what can i say?

the new world's got me feeling so dirty

think i need to get down and play

Lyric Context: 21st century life - sam sparro