Lying in my bed the thoughts are running through my head

These pills are working and I'm wishing I was dead

It's afternoon and the kids are home from school

When I was young I thought that I'd be nobody's fool

The summer of '76 was hot we spent the whole time drinking

Listening to the Pistols and Ramones that's when I got to thinking

I got a guitar and I started up a band

Just another teenage waste, just another punk rock band

Wake up, check it out, this is now, the 21st century

Things never turned out how they planned, like they were meant to be

Wake up, take a look, this is your, 21st century

Everything is pay up on demand, in front of your TV

Out of luck and out of work, I went and spent the giro drinking

Bills ain't getting paid no more and I know this ship is sinking

For what it's worth, I know I let you down

I'm hanging on the best I can, like a dog about to drown.

Wake up, check it out, this is now, the 21st century

Things never turned out how they planned, like they were meant to be

Wake up, take a look, this is your, 21st century

Everything is pay up on demand, in front of your TV

Times may have changed but the song plays the same

and we all play our part in this mad masquerade

These are the times… these are the times of our lives.