SONGWRITING 000: 22nd Century

Songwriting 000 collects some of my sporadic attempts to write pop song lyrics. This ain't an easy task when you have less musical acumen than, say, Spiro Agnew, but we do what we can. I figure I need to get good (or at least passable) at this someday, if only so I can use the name Carlgems Records as my publishing company. (Why Songwriting 000? Let's face it: These don't rise to the level of Songwriting 101....)

Yeah, this one requires no explanation.

22nd Century

Lyrics by Carl Cafarelli

I don’t want to get left behind 
If you think I’m crazy, well, I don’t mind 
As the world keeps turning 
But no one’s learning 
And our eye on the future keeps going blind

The modern world only makes us numb
Failure of vision, triumph of the dumb
This century’s accursed 
Screw the 21st!
I’ll meet you in the next millennium 

I don’t wanna be
In this century 
So I’m heading for the next one in line

I’m heading for the 22nd century 

Packing nothing else but my integrity

What went wrong?

I don't have a clue

This ain't a song

It's my toodle-oo!

All I can say is I can't stay
You can keep your stupid present day
It’s not for me
It's not for me

Indifference would be bliss

Some fools voted for this

We're in a country full of dopes

There's no cause for hope

Still I try to find the strength to resist

But meanwhile!

I don’t wanna be

In this century 

So I’m heading for the next one in line

I’m heading for the 22nd century 

Packing nothing else but my integrity

What went wrong?

I don't have a clue

This ain't a song

It's my toodle-oo!

All I can say is I can't stay

You can keep your stupid present day

It’s not for me

It's not for me

It feels like doom

There ain't no room

For anything except a deep, dark gloom

If we're gonna live

Then something's gotta give

I don't know how we even got this far

Forget the crusade, just show me to the bar

IT'S BUY ONE GET NONE!

Sometimes life's just like a movie

But why's it gotta be Idiocracy?

I don’t wanna be

In this century 

So I’m heading for the next one in line

I’m heading for the 22nd century 

Packing nothing else but my integrity

What went wrong?

I don't have a clue

This ain't a song

It's my toodle-oo!

All I can say is I can't stay

You can keep your stupid present day

It’s not for me

It's not for me

I’m heading for the 22nd century 

Packing nothing else but my integrity

What went wrong?

I don't have a clue

This ain't a song

It's my toodle-oo!

All I can say is I can't stay

You can keep your stupid present day

It’s not for me

It's not for me

It's not for me at all

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