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 Yeah, symbolized bar code, quick IDs, 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 mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual Ain't life a mystery yeah? ♪ 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 mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual Ain't life a mystery yeah? I 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 read but I've got a lot of toys My daddy's a lazy middle-class intellectual My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual Cat's foot, iron claw (21st century digital boy) Neurosurgeon, scream for more (21st century digital boy) Innocence raped with napalm fire (21st century digital boy) Everything I want, I really need (21st century digital boy) Ain't life a mystery yeah?