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 21st century life, I got swept away

I got 21,000 things that I gotta 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, the 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, oops

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 gotta 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 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 gotta 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 21, 21, 21

I'm talking about 21, 21