BAD RELIGION – 21st Century Digital Boy (1994)

“21st Century (Digital Boy)” is a song by the punk rock group Bad Religion. It was originally recorded in 1990 on their fifth full-length studio album Against the Grain and re-recorded on the 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction. The following year it was included on the All Ages compilation release.

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

‘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 mummy’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 ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya Oh, yeah

‘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 mummy’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 suffer Is that really all you have to offer?

‘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 mummy’s on Valium, so ineffectual

Cats, sports, iron claw (21st century digital boy) Neurosurgeon screams for more (21st century digital boy) Innocents raped with napalm fire (21st century digital boy) Everything I want, I really need (21st century digital boy) Ain’t life a mystery?