| 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 first thousand things 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 (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 first thousand things 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 twenty first thousand 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 |
| Twenty First, Twenty First, Twenty First |
| I’m talking about Twenty First, Twenty First… |