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20th Century Boy Lyrics
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Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Ev'rybody says it's just like Robin Hood
I move like a cat, charge like a ram
Sting like a bee, babe I wanna 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
Ev'rybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Fly like a plane, drive like a car
Hold like a hand, babe I wanna be your man - oh
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Ev'rybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Move like a cat, charge like a ram
Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your man
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century boy, I wanna be your toy
20th century boy, I wanna be your toy
Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Ev'rybody says it's just like Robin Hood
I move like a cat, charge like a ram
Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your man
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your boy, your 20th century toy
Ev'rybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Fly like a plane, drive like a car
Hold like a hand, babe I wanna be your man - oh
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
Ev'rybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Move like a cat, charge like a ram
Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your man
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century boy, I wanna be your toy
20th century boy, I wanna be your toy
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I'm pretty sure it's "Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood".
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?
@bazmeg XD
@bazmeg XD
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.
are you sure these lyrics are correct?
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.
bolans finest moment,a great aggressive rock/pop track played and sang like marc bolan really meant it
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.
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.)
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"!
Marc Bolan Is My Favourite SongWriter Of All Time.
@jbjamieblack Bowie was the songwriter
@jbjamieblack Bowie was the songwriter