Living In The 20th Century
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Version 1 is a full studio recording
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Version 2 is very similar to version 1, but has some different instrumentation, a different ending, and is about ten seconds shorter due to shorter introduction and fade out. It also removes the last three lines of lyrics, and the word "Me" is replaced by "They" in the lyric "We/They think evolution of the species"
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White Blossoms From Black Roots [Pre-release cassette only]
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Version 3 is very similar to version 2, but has some instrumentation changes
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Version 4 is a full studio recording, but instrumental. It is titled The Future Is Here. It was not given its proper title because it was part of a sort of challenge where Larry wanted fans to figure out what the last six tracks on the album were
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lyrics version 1
Why are you here, what is this place
I bid you welcome to the human race
On this earthly plain ignorance reigns
From sea to shining sea
People in pain, poverty thrives
Deception touches everybody's lives
Why can't they see this is not the way
That it ought to be
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
People are blind, don't comprehend
The enemy cannot be called a friend
He seeks to devour
Deceive and destroy the weak
We kill unborn children
Then cry save the whales
Let the poor criminals out of jail
We think evolution of the species
Will help man learn to turn the other cheek
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Being everything you wanna be
Living in the twentieth century
I bid you welcome to the human race
On this earthly plain ignorance reigns
From sea to shining sea
People in pain, poverty thrives
Deception touches everybody's lives
Why can't they see this is not the way
That it ought to be
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
People are blind, don't comprehend
The enemy cannot be called a friend
He seeks to devour
Deceive and destroy the weak
We kill unborn children
Then cry save the whales
Let the poor criminals out of jail
We think evolution of the species
Will help man learn to turn the other cheek
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Being everything you wanna be
Living in the twentieth century
lyrics version 2
Why are you here, what is this place
I bid you welcome to the human race
On this earthly plain ignorance reigns
From sea to shining sea
People in pain, poverty thrives
Deception touches everybody's lives
Why can't they see this is not the way
That it ought to be
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
People are blind, don't comprehend
The enemy cannot be called a friend
He seeks to devour
Deceive and destroy the weak
We kill unborn children
Then cry save the whales
Let the poor criminals out of jail
They think evolution of the species
Will help man learn to turn the other cheek
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
I bid you welcome to the human race
On this earthly plain ignorance reigns
From sea to shining sea
People in pain, poverty thrives
Deception touches everybody's lives
Why can't they see this is not the way
That it ought to be
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
People are blind, don't comprehend
The enemy cannot be called a friend
He seeks to devour
Deceive and destroy the weak
We kill unborn children
Then cry save the whales
Let the poor criminals out of jail
They think evolution of the species
Will help man learn to turn the other cheek
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
lyrics version 3
Why are you here, what is this place
I bid you welcome to the human race
On this earthly plain ignorance reigns
From sea to shining sea
People in pain, poverty thrives
Deception touches everybody's lives
Why can't they see this is not the way
That it ought to be
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
People are blind, don't comprehend
The enemy cannot be called a friend
He seeks to devour
Deceive and destroy the weak
We kill unborn children
Then cry save the whales
Let the poor criminals out of jail
They think evolution of the species
Will help man learn to turn the other cheek
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Being everything you wanna be
Living in the twentieth century
I bid you welcome to the human race
On this earthly plain ignorance reigns
From sea to shining sea
People in pain, poverty thrives
Deception touches everybody's lives
Why can't they see this is not the way
That it ought to be
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
People are blind, don't comprehend
The enemy cannot be called a friend
He seeks to devour
Deceive and destroy the weak
We kill unborn children
Then cry save the whales
Let the poor criminals out of jail
They think evolution of the species
Will help man learn to turn the other cheek
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
So I keep praying for the starving poor
And I keep pointing toward the open door
And I keep dreaming of a distant shore
Where men are free
We're living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Seeing only what you wanna see
Living in the twentieth century
Sitting in the lap of luxury
Being everything you wanna be
Living in the twentieth century