There's a reason for the twenty first century Not too sure but I know that it's meant to be Oh, oh oh, oh oh And that it's meant to be Like a Cain and Abel It's time to run this table All the creatures On the beaches Making waves in a motion picture

I've seen it coming I'm trapped in this body and can't get out It is the 21st century They got scared and they put me in All the lies run around my face And for anyone else to see

My generation is zero I never made it as a working class hero 21st century breakdown I once was lost but never was found I think I'm losing what's left of my mind To the 20th century deadline Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell A welfare child where

Now you're a 21st century man. You still wander the fields of your sorrow A penny in your pocket Suitcase in your hand They won't get you very far Fly across the city Rise above the land You can do 'most anything Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow