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



Once a beautiful Miss America married Mr. Right

Had a little baby boy,

born