This version of The Modern World was released by The Jam in 1977.
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This is a modern world
This is the modern world
What kind of a fool do you think I am?
You think I know nothing of the modern world
All my life has been the same
I’ve learned to live by hate and pain
It’s my inspiration drive
I’ve learned more than you’ll ever know
Even at school I felt quite sure
That one day I would be on top
And I’d look down upon the map
The teachers who said I’d be nothing
This is the modern world that I’ve learnt about
This is the modern world, we don’t need no one
To tell us what’s right or wrong
Say what you like ’cause I don’t care
I know where I am and going too
It’s somewhere I won’t preview
Don’t have to explain myself to you
I don’t give two fucks about your review
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