I can't believe it,
The way you look sometimes,
Like a trampled flag on a city street,
Oh yeah,

And I don't want it,
The things you're offering me,
Symbolized bar code quick id,
Oh yeah,

'cuz I'm a 21st century digital boy,
I don't know how to live (or read)
But i've got a lot of toys,
My daddy is lazy middle class intellectual,
My mammy's on valium,
She's so ineffectual,
Ain't life a mystery?

I can't explain it,
The things they're saying to me,
Going yayayayayayaya,
Oh yeah,

'cuz I'm a 21st century digital boy,
I don't know how to live (or read)
But i've got a lot of toys,
My daddy is lazy middle class intellectual,
My mammy's on valium,
She's so ineffectual,
Ain't life a mystery?

I tried to tell you about no control,
But now I really don't know,
And then you told me how bad you had to suffer,
Is that really all you have to offer?

(** solo **)

'cuz !'m a 21st century digital boy,
! Don't know how to read
But ! Got a lot of toys,
My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual,
My mommy's on valium,
So ineffectual

That's what I yearn for
(21st century digital boy)
Neurosurgeons scream for more
(21st century digital boy)
Innocence raped with napalm fire
(21st century digital boy)
Everything I want, I really need
(21st century digital boy)

Ain't life a mystery?