Welcome to the world of the modern youth Lighting in the morning and the map on the top Working for a living is becoming a chore Painting on the face to masquerade my thoughts And I know you never listen when I tell you the truth about the education of my modern youth But I hope Maybe someday soon we'll get away To a better place And live the high life Somewhere in the limelight Somewhere where it ain't so scummy And we pay them money We'll talk highlights Prospects in the linetime I'm talking them hard times from 9 to 5 The lighting in the morning on the top shop floor Everybody rockin in a top shop store Painting on their face to masquerade their thoughts And you know I never listen when you tell me the truth About the words you say of my modern youth But I hope Maybe someday soon we'll get away to a better place And live the high life somewhere In the limelight somewhere where it ain't so scummy And we pay them money We'll talk highlights Prospects and the line time I'm talking them hard times from 9 to 5 So call your friends and they will ignore and there's nowt in life they can't do they can repay today But I'm trying not to ridicule Cause my conscience lift me will endorse and I'm holding on To live the high life somewhere in the limelight Somewhere where it ain't so scummy And we pay them money We'll talk highlights Prospects and the line time I'm talking them hard times from 9 to 5