Modern Lives - Jackie Greene

Well I called up the President

And asked him where the money went

He told me that it all got spent

Long before I ever learned to drive

«How's that kid, you satisfied?»

Oh now do us all a favor and go

Buzz along your modern life."

Well I turned on the evening news

Another white man sings the blues

Telling me I’m gonna lose

Unless we all wake up and choose a side.

«C'mon son, where’s your pride?»

Well sir, it’s hard to catch my breath

When I been drowning in my modern life.

No you can’t fool me,

Your Time Square looks like a graveyard

I got a billboard for my headstone

And a car horn for my eulogy.

I don’t know but it’s been said

There’s bound to be good times ahead

You might get rich, you might get dead

Either way, I’m waiting for a sign

Oh my lord, you know I’m trying.

But it don’t feel like easy winning

When I’m spinning in my modern life.

Well you can’t fool me,

Your Time Square looks like a graveyard

I got a billboard for my headstone

And a car horn for my eulogy.

Well I called up the President

And asked him where the money went

He told me that it all was spent

Long before I ever learned to drive

«How's that kid, you satisfied?»

Oh Now do us all a favor and go

Buzz along your modern life."

Wont you do us all a favor

And go buzz on your modern life.