In the Modern World - Jesse Malin

Marilyn’s queen of the scene

In a humble abode, by the bowling green

Marilyn, she collects names

With picture profile, computer games to hang on

In the modern world, pretty boys and girls

We’ve been hangin' on forever

By the radio with the afterglow

Mama told you, «Now or never»

Vampires out in the sun

Gothic girls, she’s the pregnant one

Her Indian paw doesn’t work

He’s a trust fund straight edge soda jerk, so bang on

In the modern world, pretty boys and girls

We’ve been hangin' on forever

By the radio with the afterglow

Mama told you, «Now or never»

That’s entertainment, she changes her name

And finds liberation in the bathtub rain

The Indians want back the Bronx

Her kid hides his face in a cereal box

Marilyn wants to break free

But lately it’s ice cream and bad TV to hang on

In the modern world, pretty boys and girls

We’ve been hangin' on forever

By the radio with the afterglow

Mama told you, «Now or never»

In the modern world, pretty boys and girls

We’ve been hangin' on forever

It’s so Avant-grade with your Platinum card

But you won’t return to sender

A little gender bender

Come on and fuck forever

In the modern world

In the modern world