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
[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to live, but I've got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual
Ain't life a mystery?
I can't explain it, the things you're saying to me
It's going yayayayayayaya, oh yeah
[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to read, but I've got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual
Ain't life a mystery?
Tried to tell you about No Control
But now I really don't know
And then you told me how bad you had to Suffer1
Is that really all you have to offer?
[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to live, but I've got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual
Ain't life a mystery?
[Outro:]
Cat's foot, iron claw
Neurosurgeon, scream for more
Innocents raped with napalm fire
Everything I want, I really need
Ain't life a mystery?
Yeah
[Fade-out:]
21st century schizoid boy
21st century video boy
21st century digital boy...
1. a clear reference to the Bad Religion song 'No Control' and album 'Suffer'