This song title is a pun on the famous 20th Century Fox movie studio and the modern-day woman described in the song. She is glamorous, yet artificial.
According to the Waiting for the Sun Doors archive, Jac Holzman said the track was originally intended to be the follow-up single behind “Break On T...
[Verse 1]
Well, she's fashionably lean
And she's fashionably late
She'll never wreck a scene
She'll never break a date
But she's no drag just watch the way she walks
[Chorus]
She's a twentieth century fox
She's a twentieth century fox
No tears, no fears
No ruined years, no clocks
She's a twentieth century fox, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
She's the queen of cool
And she's the lady who waits
Since her mind left school
It never hesitates
She won't waste time on elementary talk
[Chorus]
'Cause she's a twentieth century fox
She's a twentieth century fox
Got the world locked up
Inside a plastic box
She's a twentieth century fox, oh yeah
Twentieth century fox, oh yeah
Twentieth century fox, oh
She's a twentieth century fox
Twentieth Century Fox was written by John Densmore & Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger & Jim Morrison.
Twentieth Century Fox was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
The Doors released Twentieth Century Fox on Wed Jan 04 1967.