22nd Century

Lyrics

There is no oxygen in the air
 Men and women have lost their hair
 Ashen faces, legs that stand
 Ghost and goblins walk in this land
 When tomorrow becomes yesterday
 And tomorrow becomes eternity
 When the soul with the soul goes way beyond
 When life is taken and there are no more babies born
 When there is no one and there is everyone
 When there is no one and there is everyone
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 It will be, it will be, it will be
 It will be, it will be
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 The 21st century was here and gone
 And the 20th century was the dawn
 In the beginning of the end was the 21st
 When the 20th century was at an end
 1990 was the year
 When the plagues flooded the earth
 1988 was the year
 When men and women struck out for freedom
 And bloodletting was the thing that was
 People said there was no cause
 And there was no reason and there was no cause
 1972 was right all the way
 Drums and bugles blasting all through the day
 Right wing, left wing, middle of the road
 And side wind, back swing, back lash, whiplash
 Grey stockings, red stockings
 Liberation of women, libertion of men
 Everyody carry your head low
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 It will be, it will be, it will be
 It will be
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 Liberation of animals
 Prevention of cruelty to animals
 Man and beast, flying and on flying
 Flying things, revolution of music
 Poetry, love and lives
 Sex changing, changing, changing
 Man is woman, woman is man
 Even your brain is not your brain
 Your heart is a plastic thing that can be bought
 There are no more the diseases that can't be caught
 Man became the thing, that he wash up man
 Truly became his god
 That was the day
 That man and woman truly became bored
 Man became his good, man became his evil
 Man became his god, and man became his devil
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 It will be, it will be, it will be
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 Young women without money caught
 Big dogs living in marble loves
 Young men die in the spring
 Boys of seven falling in love
 Give their lady fair a diamond ring
 Wedding, wedding, wedding
 You know a wedding ain't the thing
 Don't want no preacher, don't want no preacherman preaching
 Give me your hand, and take my hand
 This is better than anybody's preacher man, yeah
 The truth, the truth is now on pole
 It says somebody else, somebody else, so am I told
 Don't sway me over, don't try to sway me over
 To your day, on your day
 Your day will go away
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
 It will be, it will be, it will be
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 It will be, it will be, it will be
 It will be, it will be, it will be
 It will be
 

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Duration
08:44
Key
1
Tempo
168 BPM

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