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 barcode, quick I.D
Oh yeah
'Cause I'm a twenty-first century digital boy
I don't know how to live but I 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 yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh yeah
'Cause I'm a twenty-first century digital boy
I don't know how to read but I got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle-class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual, oh
Ain't life a mystery, yeah?
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 twenty-first century digital boy
I don't know how to live but I got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle-class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual, yeah
Twenty-first century digital boy…
credits
from Fashion [Single],
released April 9, 2021
“Fashion” written by Jethro Hilliard and Callum Dodds
Vocals by John Green
Guitar by Callum Dodds
Programming/Keys by Jethro Hilliard
Guitars recorded and produced by Roger Menso at Nyteshayde Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Dodds
“21st Century (Digital Boy)” originally written by Bad Religion
Year 1990
Album: “Against The Grain”
Instrumentation re-created by Jethro Hilliard
Vocals covered by John Green and Daniel Gillman
Backing vocals by Cameron Rees
“Greatest Fear”
Written by John Green and Patrick Crowley
Vocals by John Green
Additional Programming by Michael Gillman and Jethro Hilliard
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Dodds
All remixes were mixed by their respective owners, and mastered by Matt Dodds
This release is dedicated in loving memory of Margaret Ann Siebenhausen
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