This is the age of machinery,
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A mechanical nightmare,
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The wonderful world of technology,
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Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare,
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This is the twentieth century,
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But too much aggravation
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It's the age of insanity,
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What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem.
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Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
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My mama said she can't understand me
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She can't see my motivation
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Just give me some security,
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I'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century.
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You keep all your smart modern writers
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Give me William Shakespeare
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You keep all your smart modern painters
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I'll take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough,
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Girl we gotta get out of here
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We gotta find a solution
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here.
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I was born in a welfare state
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Ruled by bureaucracy
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Controlled by civil servants
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And people dressed in grey
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Got no privacy, got no liberty
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Cos the twentieth century people
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Took it all away from me.
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Don't wanna get myself shot down
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By some trigger happy policeman,
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Gotta keep a hold on my sanity
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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
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She can't see my motivation
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Ain't got no security,
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
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This is the twentieth century
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But too much aggravation
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This is the edge of insanity
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I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
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20th Century Man
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Ray Davies |