Letra 20th century song Ray Davies

20th century song

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 aggravationIt's the age of insanity,
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem.Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusionedI'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.
You keep all your smart modern writers
Give me William ShakespeareYou keep all your smart modern paintersI'll take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough,Girl we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solutionI'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 sanityI'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 motivationAin'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 insanityI'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.