20th Century Man by The Kinks
20th Century Man by The Kinks

20th Century Man

The Kinks * Track #1 On Muswell Hillbillies

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20th Century Man by The Kinks

Release Date
Wed Nov 24 1971
Performed by
The Kinks
Produced by
Ray Davies
Writed by
Ray Davies
About

The opening song for the Kinks’ 1971 album, Muswell Hillbillies. The song sets the overall theme for the album, referencing various later songs in the album like “Acute Schizophrenia Blues” and “Here Come The People In Gray”.

20th Century Man Lyrics

[Verse 1]
This is the age of machinery
A mechanical nightmare
The wonderful world of technology
Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus 1]
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't want, I don't wanna be here

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus 2]
Girl, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't want, I don't want to die here
Girl, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
I'm a twentieth-century man but I don't want, I don't want to be here

[Bridge]
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
'Cause the twentieth-century people
Took it all away from me

[Chorus 3]
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

[Chorus 4]
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 die here

[Bridge]
I don't want twentieth-century, man
No more twentieth-century man
I don't want twentieth-century, man

[Chorus 5]
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

20th Century Man Q&A

Who wrote 20th Century Man's ?

20th Century Man was written by Ray Davies.

Who produced 20th Century Man's ?

20th Century Man was produced by Ray Davies.

When did The Kinks release 20th Century Man?

The Kinks released 20th Century Man on Wed Nov 24 1971.

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