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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Kinks
Performer
John Gosling
Keyboards
Dave Davies
Guitar
John Dalton
Bass Guitar
Alan Holmes
Clarinet
Mick Avory
Drums
Ken Jones
Harmonica
John Beecham
Trombone
Mike Cotton
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dave Davies
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Barry Hammond
Recording Engineer
Mike Butcher
Recording Engineer
Martin Levan
Recording Engineer
GREG JACKMAN
Recording Engineer
Dave Davies
Producer
Mike Bobak
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
This is the age of machinery,
A mechanical nightmare,
The wonderful world of technology,
Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare,
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.
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here.
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.
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,
Girl we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here.
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
Cos the twentieth century people
Took it all away from me.
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.
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 be here.
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.
Writer(s): Raymond Douglas Davies
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