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 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]