21st Century Man

Intro 

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[Verso 1]


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Are you tired of technology? 
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Take a break from the text maybe just talk to me 
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  Swipe by in a new direction 
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  I just want a human connection  (ooh wow) 
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  Painting a picture of perfection and perceiving prophetic. 
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A second glance, break the trance and I’m feeling pathetic 
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  Stay awake, eat your greens 
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Everybody under thirty living life off a screen 
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Raise a drink, “chin chin”, stumbling in (ooh) 
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Get off the phone, they never known just where we been 
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I don’t give a damn if it’s dirty or clean 
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Just need a sense of direction 

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And now we’re making a scene 



[Ponte]


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There’s a new application 
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Posing for pictures, prepare the station 
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Now I do what I can 
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It’s complicated living as a 21st century man 




[Refrão]

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                            Swiping outta left field 
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                            Gonna catch a feeling 
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Stop this  degradation 
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All I want is conversation 
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now 


[Verso 2]


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Taking my anxiety and turn it into money 
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Just because you call it banter doesn’t mean that it’s funny 
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Send a “GIF”, a “JIF”? I don’t care 
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How can I have a conversation when you're up in the air? 
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I wanna    just call 
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But there’s a paywall 
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And the feeling that it isn’t fair 



[Ponte]


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There’s a new application (I’m breaking down) 
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Intoxicated by the digital nation (Gotta turn it around) 
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Now I do what I can (I do what I can) 
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It’s complicated living as a 21st century man 


[Refrão]


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                 Swiping outta left field 
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                 Gonna catch a feeling 
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 Stop this  degradation 
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All I want is conversation 
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now 



[Ponte]


Eb/G                    Fm7 
  There’s too many signs, oh 
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Constantly reading in between the lines 
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I do what I can (I do what I can) 
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It’s complicated living as a 21st century man 
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21st century 


[Refrão]


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                   Ooh, turn it off or turn me out, yeah 
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                        Oh, swiping outta - left 

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                            Swiping outta left field 
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                            Gonna catch a feeling 
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Stop this  degradation 
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All I want is conversation 
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now                 Swipping outta left field