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MODERN WORLD
(Words and Music by Rick Springfield, Bob Marlette and Tim Pierce)
Living ain't easy
In a modern World
Yeah
The alarm goes off
Another Monday morning
Just one more time
You wake up in this mess
And baby it scares you
But you catch yourself
You do whatever you do
To face the test
I know you feel alone
In this great bit world machine
It's crazy but maybe
There's a soul somewhere out there
Who's just like you
Now what you waiting for
Baby don't mourn what might have been
Here's the only world we're living in
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
Living ain't easy
In the modern world
Yeah, the telephone rings
Another faceless caller
You're not a soul
You're just a number
You're looking at families
Living on the streets
Where mama can't buy her baby
Enough to eat
We all feel alone
In this great big world machine
But baby, just maybe
Listen to your heart
Oh, I don't know just what you're waiting for
'Cause baby here's just where you begin
In the only world we're living in
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
Modern world
Modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
Living ain't easy
In a modern World
Yeah
The alarm goes off
Another Monday morning
Just one more time
You wake up in this mess
And baby it scares you
But you catch yourself
You do whatever you do
To face the test
I know you feel alone
In this great bit world machine
It's crazy but maybe
There's a soul somewhere out there
Who's just like you
Now what you waiting for
Baby don't mourn what might have been
Here's the only world we're living in
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
Living ain't easy
In the modern world
Yeah, the telephone rings
Another faceless caller
You're not a soul
You're just a number
You're looking at families
Living on the streets
Where mama can't buy her baby
Enough to eat
We all feel alone
In this great big world machine
But baby, just maybe
Listen to your heart
Oh, I don't know just what you're waiting for
'Cause baby here's just where you begin
In the only world we're living in
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
Modern world
Modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
This is the modern world
And this is all it's going to be
Living in the modern world
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playing time 4:32)
Song
Facts: This can be found on Sahara Snow.
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According to US
The beginning of this song truly sounds like "the modern world" to me. Lots of different noises, music coming from somewhere, people talking...much like walking down any city street in any town. I popped this CD in immediately upon it's receipt in my hot little hands, and right away knew I was gonna like it just from that snippet. It is "so Rick" (for lack of a better term to describe it) in the way that it reminded me of SOTH, or Woman...you know with their funky lil' beginnings that at first strike you as different, but then just kind of blend right in with the song and you can't imagine hearing it any other way.
I think that the beat is awesome and easy to dance to, and I rate this record a 95, Dick (Clark) :-)
Seriously, this is quite the toe tapper (or steering wheel slammer, where I bop my hand along while driving in the car). I tell ya, I was so happy the first oh, 50 times listening to this song that I didn't really care what in the heck Rick was singing about, it was a new song!! So now I'm in "review" mode here, really really listening to the lyrics. I've found that this song reminds me of "Bop Til Ya Drop" for some reason, maybe in the similarities of the words about working and getting through life. I swear the first stanza is totally me...I HATE when that alarm goes off on Monday mornings, and I wonder to myself if this is IT, the way it's gonna be for the rest of my life, because it kind of sucks... (getting up on Monday mornings) so here's Rick telling me, "There's a soul somewhere out there who's just like you" Good. Maybe the two of us can change it. :-)
"Yeah, the telephone rings- another faceless caller" Oye! Rick's at my job with me. Or, could he be talking about those annoying telemarketer calls we get at home? Either way, that is OUR world now, isn't it? "You're not a soul, you're just a number". Watching the news every evening (asking myself why I'm watching, it's the same bullsh*t) "You're looking at families living on the streets where mama can't buy her baby enough to eat" Yep, this is our modern world.
What I really miss in this song is Rick's usual pep talk, the lines where he tells us we can make it though to another day, it's gonna be alright. That was my rock in my teenage years, that wonderful voice crooning to me...getting me through to another day. I guess Rick thinks I'm here now, years later - so I've made it, "This is the modern world, and this is all it's going to be". I feel like I've made it to the top of the mountain and I'm standing at the summit looking down and thinking that it really wasn't THAT hard, and gee...that's it??
- Michelle P.
This is not one of my favorite songs on the cd. I like the lyrics a lot. Just not real crazy about the music. I also think it has that ROL kind of tone to it. It's almost like he's saying this is the way the world is, and he's trying to be positive about it, but I'm just not getting the feeling that he's all that optimistic. He sure uses the word "soul" a lot in his songwriting. I really like that.
- rlh
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