The modern world (1977)     (video)

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This is a modern world. This is a modern world.

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1. What kind of fool do you think I am,

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to think I know nothing of the modern world ?

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All my life it’s been the same, I’ve learnt to live by hate and pain,

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it’s my inspiration drive.

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2. I’ve learnt more than you’ll ever know,

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even in school I felt quite sure,

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that one day I would be on top, another dot upon the map,

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the teachers who said that I’d be nothing.

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This is the modern world that I’ve learnt about,

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this is the modern world, we don’t need no one

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to tell us what’s right or wrong.

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This is a modern world !

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3. Say what you like ‘cause I don’t care,

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I know where I am and going to,

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it’s somewhere I won’t preview,

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don’t have to explain myself to you,

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I don’t give two fucks about your review.

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This is the modern world that I’ve learnt about,

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this is the modern world, we don’t need no one

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to tell us what’s right or wrong.

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This is, this is, this is, this is, this is, this is, this is,

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hey, we don’t need no one to tell us what’s right or wrong.

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+ This is a modern world. This is a modern world.

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(The Jam)