[Verse 1] This is the age of machinery A mechanical nightmare The wonderful world of technology Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare [Verse 2] This is the twentieth century But too much aggravation It's the age of insanity What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem [Chorus 1] Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't want, I don't wanna be here [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] You keep all your smart modern writers Give me William Shakespeare You keep all your smart modern painters I'll take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough [Chorus 2] Girl, we gotta get out of here We gotta find a solution I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't want, I don't want to die here Girl, we gotta get out of here We gotta find a solution I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't want, I don't want to be here [Bridge] 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 'Cause the twentieth-century people Took it all away from me [Chorus 3] Don't wanna get myself shot down By some trigger happy policeman Gotta keep a hold on my sanity I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't wanna die here [Chorus 4] My mama says she can't understand me She can't see my motivation Ain't got no security I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't wanna die here [Bridge] I don't want twentieth-century, man No more twentieth-century man I don't want twentieth-century, man [Chorus 5] This is the twentieth century But too much aggravation This is the edge of insanity I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't wanna be here