Friends say it's fine
Friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood

I move like a cat
Charge like a ram
Sting like a bee
Babe, I want to be your man

Well it's plain to see
You were meant for me
Yeah, I'm your boy
Your 20th century toy

Friends say it's fine
Friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood

Fly like a plane
Drive like a car
Ball like a hound
Babe I want to be your man

Well it's plain to see
You were meant for me
Yea I'm your toy
Your 20th century boy

20th century toy
I want to be your boy
20th century toy
I want to be your boy
20th century toy
I want to be your boy
20th century toy
I want to be your boy

Friends say it's fine
Friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood

Move like a cat
Charge like a ram
Sting like a bee
Oh, babe I want to be your man

Well it's plain to see
You were meant for me
Yea I'm your toy
Your 20th century boy

20th century toy
I want to be your boy
20th century toy
I want to be your boy
20th century boy
I want to be your toy
20th century boy
I want to be your toy


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20th Century Boy Lyrics as written by Marc Bolan

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  • +3
    General Comment

    I'm pretty sure it's "Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood".

    Pixeleenon February 21, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    the lyrics are spot on, it's your ears that are bad. listen to the song again. Talk like a rat? How does a rat talk? Charge like a ram works much better. (Espescially given all the sexual innuendo in the song) just like robin hood? What the hell??? Who are you, the sheriff of nottingham?

    bazmegon August 01, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Spot on save for the mix up of a couple lines. It should read:

    20th Century TOY I wanna be your BOY.

    The last two lines printed are correct. Other than that minor mistake, all lyrics are correct.

    goghgoghgrrrlon August 24, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    are you sure these lyrics are correct?

    Aniegaon August 14, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    dunno. i always thought they said "walk like a cat, talk like a rat, sting like a bee..." and "every body says its just like robin hood" at some point, but then again i too have been known for having, um, very original song lyric interpretations.

    halo26on February 27, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    bolans finest moment,a great aggressive rock/pop track played and sang like marc bolan really meant it

    sivillaon December 23, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I think this is one of the most brilliant songs ever. I mean, Placebo did a fantastic cover, but it's no T Rex (especially with that little orgasmic shout in the beginning).

    I believe that the lyrics are open to interpretation. His lyrics never made much sense anyway, so I think however you mean to sing it is how it's meant to be sung.

    IcarusIncarnateon January 12, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    The 3rd line does mention Robin Hood! Its a great song,considering that after an ealy flourish(Ride a white swan,Get it on etc.)Bolan ran out of ideas for lyrics...infact I'd consider him to be one of the worst ever...real schoolboy stuff!(e.g.Metal Guru,Telegram Sam etc.etc.)

    oldfogeyon February 23, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    At last! After all these years I find other people who hear "just like Robin Hood" in the lyric. I have been singing this line for years in a covers band I'm in, and I only discovered I might be wrong when I sang the song at a Karaoke, and the lyrics were on the screen. Whatever the rights or wrongs, I love the idea that Marc might just have sang "... Robin Hood". It kinda fits with Marc's lyrical outlook, as well as with the song in general. I also hear the line "... hold like a hand" instead of "...ball like a hound". And it definitely is "...talk like a rat"!

    ted-macon July 10, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Marc Bolan Is My Favourite SongWriter Of All Time.

    jbjamieblackon September 16, 2006   Link

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