Queen Of The 21st Century — Bad Religion

From the time she could crawl she was all draped in macrame She was preened and redeemed in a church that tried to show the way She was taught to never ask for more They had no idea of what she had in store

She's the queen of the 21st century Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be Analog heart, analog nerves, analog brain but a fixture of the digital domain

From the time she could read she could see that there was urgency No debate, just a spate of ignorance in a splintering community She could never meet their expectations Then she came to symbolize the nation

She's the queen of the 21st century Just a shred of what her parents thought a little girl should be Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty but masterful at sensual technology

She's the queen, no rules in her empire She's the queen, just libido and desire She's the lean, mean, fighting machine, the stuff of modernmedia lore And she always knows the score She's the queen of the 21st century Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be Fallen star, Black and Blue Broken hearts, Wasted Youth Rusted cars, twisted roots Mental scars, the ugly truth

She's the queen of the 21st century and she's a modernday polemic a walking controversy

She's the queen!