Meatloaf

MODERN GIRL
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  (with Clare Torry)

Once a beautiful Miss America married Mr. Right
Had a little baby girl, born on a stormy night
But that was once upon a time, now it"s a brand new world
Gimme the future, gimme the future, gimme the future with a modern girl
Gimme the future, gimme the future, gimme the future with a modern girl

Somewhere just between the past and somethin" dawnin" new
There"s a break in the chain, there"s a skip in the clock
Girl that"s where I"m gonna find you
Between the boy I was before and what I"m gonna be
There"s a clash on the border, a flame in the sky
Girl that"s where you"re gonna find me

Can"t you hear the planet groanin" like a broken down machine
Rusted with the guilty tears of fallen kings and queens
But you and I stand innocent, baby it"s a brand new world
Gimme the future, gimme the future, gimme the future with a modern girl
Gimme the future, gimme the future, gimme the future with a modern girl
(Gimme the future, gimme the future, gimme the future with a modern girl)

 Bridge:
We"re the son and the daughter on a new freeway
(Gimme the future, gimme the future)
Laughin" while the road maps blow away
(Gimme the future with a modern girl)
We"re the son and the daughter and we ain"t afraid
(Gimme the future, gimme the future)
Won"t be makin" the mistakes our fathers made
(Gimme the future with a modern girl)
(Gimme the future, gimme the future) oh, gimme the future with a modern girl
(Gimme the future, gimme the future) oh, gimme the future with a modern girl

(Solo)

Once a beautiful Miss America married Mr. Right
Had a little baby boy, born on a stormy night
But that was once upon a time, now it"s a brand new world

Gimme the future, gimme the future - gimme the future with a modern girl...
 (repeats out)

(bridge)