Modern Man
(something like the first two bars of Beethoven’s fifth, then
slow first 4 lines choral introduction and then into a kind of reggae jammin’ mood.)
He’s got a wrist watch
With a wrist band
He is a modern man
He is a modern man
I've got a wrist watch
With a wrist band
I am a modern man
I am a modern man
It tells me the time
As fast as it can
It doesn't rise and fall
It's not the sun at all
Might turn to the East
Might turn to the West
But has no idea
Which way is best
Strange as it seems
It means what it means
Nothing more or less
And little to confess
It's just a wristwatch
On a modern man
I'm the modern man
I've got the wrist watch
Modern man, modern man
Catch him catch him if you can
Moving over
Thin
Light
Beams
Outer space
Inner space
And all light places
In between
(Choral outro)
Every second counts
But not for keeps
The time is only right
The time is only right
As modern man sleeps
© Armell