The Modern World
Composer(s): Paul Weller
First release by: The Jam - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists



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 
This is the modern world

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 
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 
The modern world this is, this is, this is, this is, this is, this is, this is

Hey... we don't need no one, to tell us what's right or wrong

This is the modern world, this is the modern world