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 imagined

It was totally confounding

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 got me feeling so dirty

Think I need to get down and play

Well now I turned on the TV just in time to hear what the Pope said, Pope said

And just a few tiny words later

Somebody wants the man dead

What about famine and disease

Well they said it’s too bad

Because I’m never alone

It’s not just a phone

It’s a stereo

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 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 there’s still no equality

I watched the news on my computer screen

Talking about buying my weed out of a vending machine

You tell me I’m free

But how can it 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 got me feeling so dirty

Think I need to get down and play

21, 21, 21

I’m talking about 21, 21