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Modern Times Lyrics by Daryl Braithwaite

Rise

1990

[Verse 1]
The mums are screaming murder at the kids next door
The cats are eating garbage and then howling for some more
One lover's leaving somewhere while another's still waiting
Somebody's crying, while somebody else is hating
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm sitting in the centre between two lines
I win a few, I lose a few until I find
[Chorus]
I keep breaking the laws
Because I just can't read the signs
It's another crazy tragedy of Modern Times
[Verse 2]
Somebody pulls the trigger while somebody waits to get hit
Somebody freezes in the winter and I'm complaining about the heat
Nobody listens these days, no they've all got something to say
I'm singing songs about waiting and you'll come back some day
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm sitting in the centre between two lines
I win a few, I lose a few until I find
[Chorus]
I keep breaking the laws
Because I just can't read the signs
It's another crazy tragedy of Modern Times
I keep breaking the laws
Because I just can't read the signs
It's another crazy tragedy of Modern Times
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
And the priest, he looks for Satan
He looks so hard, he's blind
I'm just the same as all of them
With my crazy clouded mind
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm sitting in the centre between two lines
I win a few, I lose a few until I find
[Chorus]
I keep breaking the laws
Because I just can't read the signs
It's another crazy tragedy of Modern Times
I keep breaking the laws
Because I just can't read the signs
It's another crazy tragedy of Modern Times
[Instrumental Outro]
Credits
Daryl Braithwaite

Daryl Braithwaite

About “Modern Times” by Daryl Braithwaite

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"Modern Times" is credited to Daryl Braithwaite. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Modern Times" appears on "Rise" in 1990.

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