[Verse 1]
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 offerin' me
Symbolized bar code, quick ID, oh yeah

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to live, but I got a lotta toys
My daddy's a lazy middle-class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual
Ain't life a mystery, yeah?

[Verse 2]
I can't explain it
The things you're sayin' to me
It's goin', "Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya," oh yeah

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to read, but I got a lotta toys
My daddy's a lazy middle-class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual
Ain't life a mystery, yeah?
[Bridge]
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 had to offer?

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to live but, I got a lotta toys
My daddy's a lazy middle-class intellectual
My mommy's on Valium, so ineffectual

[Outro]
Cat's foot, iron claw
(21st century digital boy)
Neurosurgeon screams 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?