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She's So Modern

La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la

(She's so) 20th century
(She's so) 1970s
(She knows) the right things to say
(She's got) the right clothes to wear
'Cause she's a modern girl (oh, yeah)
A modern girl, yeah (g-g-g-girl)
A modern girl, now (oh, yeah)

And Suzie is a jewel
She flashes when she smiles
She's cunning and she's clever
She's got the lowdown in her files
Magenta is the best
You know, she really makes me laugh
She's always tryin' her impressions
She wants to be a photograph,
I gotta say it now

(She's so) 20th century
(She's so) 1970s
(She knows) the right things to say
(She's got) the right clothes to wear
'Cause she's a modern girl (oh, yeah)
A modern girl, yeah (g-g-g-girl)
A modern girl, now (oh, yeah)

She's so modern

And Jean confided to me
She's Mona Lisa's biggest fan
She drew a mustache on her face
She's always seen her as a man
And Charlie ain't no Nazi
She likes to wear her leather boots
'Cause it's exciting for the veterans
And it's a tonic for the troops

(She's so) 20th century
(She's so) 1970s
(She knows) the right things to say
(She's got) the right clothes to wear
'Cause she's a modern girl (oh, yeah)
A modern girl, yeah (g-g-g-girl)
A modern girl, now (oh, yeah)

She's so modern

(She's so) 20th century
(She's so) 1970s
(She knows) the right things to say
(She's got) the right clothes to wear
I tell you
(She's so) 20th century
(She's so) 1970s
(She knows) the right things to say
(She's got) the right clothes to wear

She's so (modern)


Bob Geldof / Johnnie Fingers
©The Boomtown Rats
1978 Ensign Records
b/w Lying Again

Here they go, lying again
Beating everybody at their favourite game
But in the end nobody wins no

Here they go let's pretend the rules have changed but the
Names the same
And in the end nobody wins no

Do you think they don't know what they're doing
Do you think they don't know who they're fooling

When I was a boy and I was told that heaven was hot and hell was cold
If I told lies I'd freeze my soul but it didn't seem to matter

Do you think they don't know what they're doing
Do you think they don't know who they're fooling

There they go lying again
They want it just as much as us
And in the end nobody wins no

There they go lying again
They pulled the wool and we all fell in
And in the end nobody wins no

There they go lying again (you're telling lies)
There they go lying again (you're telling lies)


Bob Geldof / Johnnie Fingers
©The Boomtown Rats
1978 Ensign Records
Created by Coldog for the Citizens of Boomtown.
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