In the Modern World

Marilyn's queen of the scene In a humble abode, by the bowling green Marilyn, she collects names With picture profile, computer games to hang on In the modern world, pretty boys and girls We've been hangin' on forever By the radio with the afterglow Mama told you, "Now or never" Vampires out in the sun Gothic girls, she's the pregnant one Her Indian paw doesn't work He's a trust fund straight edge soda jerk, so bang on In the modern world, pretty boys and girls We've been hangin' on forever By the radio with the afterglow Mama told you, "Now or never" That's entertainment, she changes her name And finds liberation in the bathtub rain The Indians want back the Bronx Her kid hides his face in a cereal box Marilyn wants to break free But lately it's ice cream and bad TV to hang on In the modern world, pretty boys and girls We've been hangin' on forever By the radio with the afterglow Mama told you, "Now or never" In the modern world, pretty boys and girls We've been hangin' on forever It's so Avant-grade with your Platinum card But you won't return to sender A little gender bender Come on and fuck forever In the modern world In the modern world