He wakes and says hello, turns on the breakfast show
She fixes coffee while he takes a shower
Hey that was great, he said, I wish we could stay in bed
But I got to be at work in less than an hour
She manages a smile as he walks out the door
She's a modern girl who's been though this movie before
Chorus:
She don't build her world 'round no single man
But she's gettin' by, doin' what she can
She is free to be, what she wants to be
'N all what she wants to be, is a modern girl
Na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na, she's a modern girl
It looks like rain again, she takes a train again
She's on her way again through London town
Where she keeps a tangerine, flicks through a magazine
Until it's time to leave her dreams on the underground
She walks to the office like everyone else
An independent lady, takin' care of herself
chorus
She's been dreaming 'bout it all day long
As soon as she gets home, it's him on the telephone
He asks her to dinner, she says I'm not free
Tonight I'm going to stay at home and watch my TV
I don't build my world 'round no single man
But I'm gettin' by, doin' what I can
I am free to be, what I want to be
'N all what I want to be, is a modern girl
Na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na, she's a modern girl
Na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na, she's a modern girl
(repeats out)Well I'm the prim faced mealy mouthed political
Chiseler the lack luster loser
With the selfish streak
The oldest strongest vilest longest
I just masticate on a murdered mind
This mind of mine
I'm scrapin' I'm cryin'
You're laughin' we're dyin'
In the valley of the void the vacuus
The souped up solid suburban nightmare
This is the city of the hateful dead
Follow the pogrom the finger's on me
A catalyst for a little blood lust
The final chapter of your history
I lie lie lie lie lie in the valley of the ignoramus
I cry cry cry cry cry take a look at the
Lives of the sick and dangerous
One little piggy goes to market
One little piggy stays at home
One little piggy sits in the middle
All messed up and ready to blow
Chewing on the carcass of disbelief
Drowing in the bile of lonesome grief
A young head - dead shoulders
Dead eyes growing colder
I lie lie lie lie lie in the valley of the ignoramus
I cry cry cry cry cry take a look at the
Lives of the sick and dangerous
I lie lie lie lie lie in the valley of the ignoramus
I cry cry cry cry cry take a look at the
Lives of the sick and dangerous
Bitter and better for you hate and never for me
I'm corroding...
I'm goin' hell for leather in the nothin' zone
I see concentrated bigotry
Masticating on a murdered mind
You take the grain I take the pain
I lie lie lie lie lie in the valley of the ignoramus
Don't you wanna cry cry cry cry cry
Take a look at the life of the sick and dangerous
I lie lie lie lie lie in the valley of the ignoramus