21st Century - Plunkett

I fell out kicking screaming

Three quarters through the twentieth century

Into warm hands that cured me so well

Curiosity helped with learning

And teachers tried to educate me

All is well I’m lucky don’t you know

Then I nine to fived in a factory

To pay your way you have to earn it

I started getting doubts around that time

But progress keeps on thriving

And hopes are high for the twenty first century

We’re closer now and lucky don’t you know

Then I look around me

And wonder where I fit in

With all this sick delusion

I think I thought something then

Should I just let it go or use it

I don’t ask much

I just want back what’s mine

Help me find a place inside

I won’t ask much

Just let me use what’s mine

Feed me and I’ll open wide

Possessions make for happy

And it’s extra sweet if the taste’s aesthetic

You can let them know with just a simple sign

Gone are days of fixing

And anyway you want the next thing

Don’t know why but you need it all the same

Then I watch the TV

And I see where it begins

Our heads spun bland confusion

I think I thought something then

Should I just let it go or use it

Hey, it’s worse than I thought

These fuckers don’t rest

Nothing is sacred anymore

It seeps when you wake

It eats while you sleep

Perhaps it’s time I started

Kicking and screaming again