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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Electric Light Orchestra
Performer
Jeff Lynne
Vocals
Kelly Groucutt
Background Vocals
Rainer Pietsch
Conductor
Richard Tandy
Piano
Bev Bevan
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeff Lynne
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jeff Lynne
Producer
Joe Gastwirt
Mastering Engineer
Joseph M. Palmaccio
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A penny in your pocket
Suitcase in your hand
They won't get you very far
Now you're a 21st century man
[Verse 2]
Fly across the city
Rise above the land
You can do most anything
Now you're a 21st century man
[Verse 3]
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
(Tomorrow)
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
What will it bring?
[Verse 4]
One day you're a hero
Next day you're a clown
There's nothing that is in between
Now you're a 21st century man
[Verse 5]
You should be so happy
You should be so glad
So why are you so lonely?
You 21st century man
[Verse 6]
You stepped out of a dream
Believing everything was gone
Return with what you've learned
They'll kiss the ground you walk upon
[Verse 7]
21st century man
[Verse 8]
Things ain't how you thought they were
Nothing have you planned
So pick up your penny and your suitcase
You're not a 21st century man
[Verse 9]
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
Tomorrow, 21st century man
21st century man
21st century man
Written by: Jeff Lynne