Frank Wildhorn
Modern World
SEWARD
Taxis to Houston and steamships to Rio
ARTHUR
Biograph pictures in Wiltons all day
QUINCEY
Specials to Paris and hot air ballooning
MINA & LUCY
Phonograph Cylinders ready to play
Camera's with shutters, internal combustion
Phone up your uncle in Shorham-by-Sea
Cross the Atlantic and be there by Thursday
Jump on a trolley and be home by three
SEWARD
Somewhere in Vienna, there's a chap called Freud who's sure
That it's useless to chain up madmen
He gets better results with his talking cure
QUINCEY
Winchester repeaters gonna have to watch their backs
They've got the bolt action Hotchkiss
But the Hun's got a gun gives ya three more cracks
ALL
Here comes the modern world
The wonderful modern world
Off to old fashioned thinking
On with the new
Hello to the modern world
The breathtaking modern world
There's nothing today that you can't do
ARTHUR
My old four speed Daimler
I'm afraid will have to go
And it's time to replace my steam yacht
There's no earthly excuse for going slow
LUCY
We're delighted to hear this progressive note
MINA
And we might feel the same way when we get the vote
ALL
Here comes the modern world
The wonderful modern world
Off to old fashioned thinking
On with the new
Hello to the modern world
The breathtaking modern world
There's nothing today that you can't do