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21st Century Blues

from Feersum Enjiin by Ross Gilchrist

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21st Century Blues


Well I'm a big monkey now
And I can articulate what I want
I want sugar, I want fat, I want salt
I want caffine, I want coke.
I want a smoke, I want my beers
I want chasers and phasers
And bright lights and lasers
I want peace and quiet
The city life and the simple life
I want to be beautiful on the outside
Beautiful on the inside
I want to be free but I wouldn't mind a ball and chain
I want to be happy but it's too cool being miserable
I want to see dragons
I want to see aliens
I want to be a celebrity, but I'm actually just fine being me

These are the 21st century blues
And your Big Mac will come anyway

Well she's a big monkey now
And she articulate what she wants
She wants low fat, she wants shoes
She wants low salt, decaff and respect
She wants her food, she wants sleep she wants
Dresses and caresses and chick flicks and gossip
She wants to go clubbing, shopping sprees and staying in
She wants to be beautiful on the outside
Beautiful on the inside
She wants to get married but she's too scared of asking
She wants to be happy but something always needs changing
She wants to see beaches, she wants to see tourist spots
She wants to be rescued but she likes her hair the way it is

These are...

We're all big monkeys now,
And we're well aware of what we're in for
We're in store for prozac, sore backs heart attacks and strokes
We're in for repeats, unsafe streets we're in,
For terrorism as a schism to big business decisions
We're in for no alternative but working till we're 75
We've got chemicals for the outside, chemicals for the inside
We think that we're free but we're working in the morning
Our souls are made made of plastic cast from stereotype moulds
We all have a nameless and deep-seated yearning
To do something momentous but the TV's great Tuesday night

There are the 21st Century Blues
And desire will expand with the sea.

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from Feersum Enjiin, released April 15, 2011

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