The Thompson Twins were an English New Wave/pop band normally associated with the 1980s. The band formed in April of 1977, and disbanded in May of 1993. Despite their constantly-misleading name, the Twins were in fact a trio, and consisted of Tom Bailey (vocals), Alannah Currie (synth) and Joe Leeway (guitar). Leeway would eventually leave the group in the late 80s. Massively popular in the mid 1980s, the band scored a string of hits in the UK, broke into the USA and Canada and enjoyed huge popularity around the globe.
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Twentieth Century Lyrics
Thompson Twins
Well I was born ten years after the atom bomb
Yeah things were getting strange way before I came along
So I became a master of high technology
And then you came along and did what you ya did to me
(chorus)
Heavens above-COULD THIS BE LOVE
We're livin' in the 20th Century
I pit my wits against those silicon chips
BUT I STILL GOT THE ANIMAL INSIDE O ME
I get a strange sensation that's out of control
Close to the bone and playin' havoc with my soul
All the red lights are flashing and I can smell fire
With a flick of the switch you know we can go
even higher and higher and higher
CHORUS
Well I had cool calculators, regulators and
digital machines
Yeah they took me to places I'd never been
Oh but nothing's as good as the feeling I get with you
When ya do, what ya do, what ya do, what ya do do do
CHORUS
YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
The 20th Century
YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
HIGH TACKNOLOGY