Marillion – This Is The 21St Century (Ukulele)

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A wise man once said

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A flower is only

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A sexual organ

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Beauty is cruelty

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And evolution

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A wise man once said

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that everything could be explained with mathematics

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He had denied

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His feminine side

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Now where is the wisdom in that

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I came just as fast as I could

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Through the dirty air

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Of your neighbourhood

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Your name on a grain of rice

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Hangin' around my neck

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This is the 21st century

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I heard everything they said

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The Universe demystified

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Chemicals for God

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This is the 21st century

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A wise man once wrote

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That love is only

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Primal instinct

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For reproduction

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Natural selection

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A wise man once said

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That everything could be explained

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And it's all in the brain

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This is the 21st century

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I heard everything you said

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The universe demystified

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Astronomy instead

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This is the 21st century

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Can't you get it through your head

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This aint the way it was meant to be

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Magic isn't dead

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Come to bed

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Come to rest

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And rest your heavy head my love.

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And slowly, from above

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She showed the answer's  something that can't be written down

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This is the 21st century

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Splash to crash and burn

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But nobody's gonna give you anything

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For nothing in return

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There's a man up in a mirrored building

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And he just bought the world

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Would you want

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Your own kids

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Growing up

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Into what's left of this

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She shook her head

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She said "Can't you see

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The world is you

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The world is me.